What A God!

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was

hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light,” and there was

light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the

darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was

evening and there was morning, the first day.

And God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate

the waters from the waters.” And God made the expanse and separated the waters

that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was

morning, the second day.

And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the

waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees

bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind.

And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, the

third day.

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day

from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years,

and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.”

And it was so. And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day

and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. And God set them in the

expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, to rule over the day and over the

night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds

fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” So God created the great sea

creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm,

according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw

that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill

the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” And there was evening

and there was morning, the fifth day.

And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the

Livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground

according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on

the earth.” And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is

on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them

for food. And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Grace

I love the story of creation for several reasons. First, our God is so powerful and generous that He created everything “Ex Nihilo” from nothing. God used nothing to make creation, and God saw in His omniscience what He wanted to create and spoke it into creation. That is the first thing I love about the story of creation.

The Three

The next thing I love is that it confirms our beliefs in the Godhead, the Trinity. God said, “Let us make man in our image.” “Us” affirms that God the Father was speaking about the Trinity. Not only does this confirm the Trinitical relationship of our God, But it also validates John’s words in the Gospel of John 1:1, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”; Jesus was with God before creation. What a wonderful example of how the Old Testament reveals the New Testament.

Love

The next thing I love is that God felt his most incredible creation was man, created in His image. At the end of days 1 through 5, what God saw was good. However, on the sixth day, God created man, and at the end of that day, what God saw was “Very Good.” Our God is amazing. He created from nothing. From an overflow of love, he created beings in His image and saw that it was outstanding in His eyes. People have a hard time believing the Bible word for word. If you do, many often think you are “backward” or “foolish”; these are just stories, even though science is coming around to the idea of creation as cited in the Bible.

Do Ya Believe It?

So, if someone asks, “Do you believe God created the world in seven days?” Simply smile and say, “Nope, He did it in six.” On the seventh day, He rested in the glory of His creation. Lord, you are gracious and mighty. Praise to our Savior Jesus Christ through whom all things were made! Shalom Aleichem.