God created all things.
One teaching that is important to Christianity is that in the beginning, God created all things.
On the first day God created light, by His Word. He seperated light from darkness, called the light “day” and the darkness “night”.
On the second day God spoke the earth's atmosphere (sky) into existence, seperating the waters bellow from the waters above (clouds).
God spoke again on the third day, He told the waters bellow to gather into one place and land to appear. He called the waters “ocean” and the land, “earth”. God also told the earth to produce all kinds of plants, those that bear grain and fruit, and it was done.
On the fourth day God created the sun, the (other) stars and the moon. He ordered the sun to dominate the day and the moon to dominate the night. He create them to separate day from night and to show the days and seasons. According to other information I have come across God knew at this time the day and the hour that Jesus Christ would die on the cross.
On the fifth day, God created the sea creatures and the birds of the air. God blessed them, told the sea creatures to fill the waters and the birds to multiply on land.
On the sixth day God created terrestrial animals and people.
God told the earth to produce all kinds of creatures, and the result was all terrestrial animals including reptiles and insects.
God said let us make man in our image to rule over the creatures of the sea, the land and the birds.
God formed man from dirt and breathed life giving breath into his nostrils, causing the man to become a living soul. God planted a garden in Eden with the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the middle and put the man in the garden. God told the man (Adam) that he was allowed to eat from any tree except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because when you eat from it you will die.
God brought all the land animals and the birds of the air to Adam to see what he would name them. No companion suitable for Adam was found.
God said it is not good for man to be alone, I will make a helper and companion for him. God put Adam into a deep sleep, took a rib out of him and closed the flesh. God used the rib to make a woman and presented her to him. Adam said “This is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh she will be called woman because she was taken out of me.” This is why a man leaves his father and mother to embrace his wife and they become one flesh.
He told them to have many children and to fill the earth, to rule the other creatures on the land, in the water and in the air.
Both husband and wife were naked but they felt no shame
God looked at what He had made and saw that it was very good. So God created the Heavens and the Earth in six days. On the seventh day God rested.
But as we all know it didn't stay that way, see also: How sin, death and destruction entered the world. This is why Jesus Christ was born, to die for the sins of the world and His resurrection demonstrates how those of us who put our faith in Him will be raised to be with Him in Heaven after our mortal bodies die.
I have refered to several English translations of the Bible in writing this which is made easy by e-sword, a free downloadable program. For further information I recommend reading the Bible. For further information see Genesis 1-2
© Ken Glasgow 2009 Last edited 14 March 2021
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