The Creation of the World day five and day six. God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good and He validated it completely. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day. Gen 1:31
For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and everything that is in them, and He rested (ceased) on the seventh day. That is why the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy [that is, set it apart for His purposes]. Exo 20:11
It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He ceased and was refreshed.” Exo 31:17
INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT
- GOD AND THE RACE, Genesis 1-11
1. The Beginnings of the World and of Man, Genesis 1:1-2:253. 3.What does the created universe reveal regarding its Creator?
THE CREATION OF THE WORLD MAN CREATION’S CROWN
Then God said, “Let the waters swarm and abundantly produce living creatures, and let birds soar above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.”
God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind; and God saw that it was good and He affirmed and sustained it.
And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to (limited to, consistent with) their kind: livestock, crawling things, and wild animals of the earth according to their kinds”; and it was so [because He had spoken them into creation].
So God made the wild animals of the earth according to their kind, and the cattle according to their kind, and everything that creeps and crawls on the earth according to its kind; and God saw that it was good (pleasing, useful) and He affirmed and sustained it.
Then God said, “Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]; and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, and over the entire earth, and over everything that creeps and crawls on the earth.” [Psa_104:30; Heb_1:2; Heb_11:3]
So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them. [Col_3:9-10; Jas_3:8-9]
And God blessed them [granting them certain authority] and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subjugate it [putting it under your power]; and rule over (dominate) the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and every living thing that moves upon the earth.”
So God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of the entire earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;
and to all the animals on the earth and to every bird of the air and to everything that moves on the ground–to everything in which there is the breath of life–I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so [because He commanded it].
God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good and He validated it completely. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
Comments by
F.B.Meyer
On
Genesis 1:20-31
MAN CREATION’S CROWN
Creation reveals God’s nature, as the picture the artist. His eternal Power and Godhead are visible in His works. See Rom_1:20. And all things and beings were made through Jesus Christ. Consider Col_1:15-16. The hands of the Son of God wove the blue curtains above us and filled them with luminaries. The seas are His and He made them, and filled them with living creatures. The woodlands are the outcome of His mind, and He filled them with flowers and birds. He taught them to live without care. He filled the tiny heart of the mother-bird with love to her young and blessed her. His are the cattle on a thousand hills. He molded the red earth into His own likeness and made Man. We were made to have dominion. See Psa_8:6-8. Ask Him to put all things, especially all the evil things of your heart, under your feet. The world is good, and if you were good, you would find it so.
Comments by
WILLIAM MACDONALD
Believers Bible Commentary
On
Genesis 1:20-31
I. EARTH’S EARLIEST AGES (Chaps. 1-11)
A. The Creation (Chaps. 1, 2)
1:20-23 The fifth day saw the waters stocked with fish and the earth stocked with bird-life and insects. The word translated birds means “flying ones” and includes bats and probably flying insects.
1:24, 25 On the sixth day God first created animals and reptiles. The law of reproduction is repeatedly given in the words according to its kind. There are significant variations within “kinds” of biological life, but there is no passing from one kind to another.
1:26-28 The crown of God’s work was the creation of man in His image and according to His likeness. This means that man was placed on earth as God’s representative, and that He resembles God in certain ways. Just as God is a Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), so man is a tripartite being (spirit, soul, and body). Like God, man has intellect, a moral nature, the power to communicate with others, and an emotional nature that transcends instinct. There is no thought of physical likeness here. In contrast to animals, man is a worshiper, an articulate communicator, and a creator.
There is an allowance for or even an intimation of the Trinity in verse 26: Then God [Elohim, plural] said [singular verb in Hebrew], “Let Us [plural] make man in Our image . . . .”
The Bible describes the origin of the sexes as a creative act of God. Evolution has never been able to explain how the sexes began. Humanity was commanded to be fruitful and multiply.
God gave man a mandate to subdue creation and have dominion over it—to use it but not abuse it. The modern crises in the earth’s environment are due to man’s greed, selfishness, and carelessness.
1:29, 30 It is clear from these verses that animals were originally herbivorous and that man was vegetarian. This was changed after the Flood (see Gen_9:1-7).
Were the six days of creation literal 24-hour days, or were they geological ages? Or were they days of “dramatic vision” during which the creation account was revealed to Moses? No scientific evidence has ever refuted the concept that they were literal solar days. The expression “the evening and the morning” points to 24-hour days. Everywhere else in the OT these words mean normal days. Adam lived through the seventh day and died in his 930th year, so the seventh day could not have been a geological age. Wherever the “day” is used with a number in the OT (“first day,” etc.) it means a literal day. When God commanded Israel to rest on the Sabbath day, He based the command on the fact that He had rested on the seventh day, after six days of labor (Exo_20:8-11). Consistent interpretation here requires the same meaning of the word “day.”
A difficulty, however, is that the solar day as we know it may not have begun until the fourth day (vv. 14-19).
As far as the Bible is concerned, the creation of the heavens and the earth is undated. The creation of man is undated also. However, genealogies are given, and, even allowing for possible gaps in the genealogies, man could not have been on the earth for the millions of years demanded by evolutionists.
Observations from the Author of Home – Quovadisworld
God’s day started in the evening and ended the following day just before Sunset.
And God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
Cross References. Gen 1:5
and: Gen_8:22; Psa_19:2, Psa_74:16, Psa_104:20; Isa_45:7; Jer_33:20; 1Co_3:13; Eph_5:13; 1Th_5:5
And the evening and the morning were: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was, Gen_1:8, Gen_1:13, Gen_1:19, Gen_1:23, Gen_1:31
From Darkens God Brings Light Every Day.
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