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Genesis 1:1-5 ESV / 7 helpful votesHelpfulNot Helpful. 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.
Sep 5, 2024 · God created us for himself. We are his own personal possession. God did not create because of any lack that he had. God has no needs that we, or this creation, can meet. Psalm 50:9-13 expresses this well. In the psalm, God expressed that all of creation is his, and he needs nothing that we can provide.
- Days of Creation List
- Before Creation...
- Day 1: Light
- Day 2: Firmament
- Day 3: Earth, Sea and Vegetation
- Day 4: Sun, Moon and Stars
- Day 5: Birds and Sea Creatures
- Day 6: Land Animals and Humans
- Day 7: The Sabbath
- The Seventh Day and The 10 Commandments
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters" (Genesis 1:1-2).
“Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day” (Genesis 1:3-5).
“Then God said, ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.’ Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day...
“Then God said, ‘Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear’; and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good” (Genesis 1:9-10). “Then God said, ‘Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, a...
“Then God said, ‘Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years; and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth’; and it was so. Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser...
“‘Then God said, ‘Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens.’ So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw tha...
“Then God said, ‘Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind’; and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that i...
“Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made” (Genesis 2:1-3). Br...
It is interesting to note that the seventh day of creation refers to the same day found in the fourth commandment (Exodus 20:8-11). “Remember the Sabbathday, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor y...
Jan 27, 2023 · Answer. The creation account is found in Genesis 1—2. Most of God’s creative work was done by speaking, an indication of the power and authority of His Word. Let us look at each day of God’s creative work: Creation Day 1 (Genesis 1:1–5) God creates the heavens and the earth. “The heavens” refers to everything beyond the earth, outer ...
Even though God has created all things, he has not created them all alike in significance or value. The Bible is clear that humankind is the apex of God’s creative work. Human beings were the final creative act of God on the final “day” of creation, created in the image of God and charged with exercising dominion over everything else (Gen. 1:24-8).
Jan 30, 2024 · Other verses that support God’s glory being the reason He created the world include the following: • “For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen” (Romans 11:36). • “For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions ...
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Sep 22, 2012 · It was the plan, because grace is the summit of the mountain of his glory. And he created the world for his glory. He planned the world for the glory of his grace. 3. God’s plan was that the praise of the glory of his grace would come about through the Son of God, Jesus Christ.
