A STUDY IN GENESIS

Welcome back to our study in Genesis. Today we are going to continue in our study going into days three and four. Today, we are going to point out something rather remarkable and missed by many skeptics.

9 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. 10 And God called the dry [land] Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that [it was] good. 11 Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb [that] yields seed, [and] the fruit tree [that] yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed [is] in itself, on the earth”; and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, the herb [that] yields seed according to its kind, and the tree [that] yields fruit, whose seed [is] in itself according to its kind. And God saw that [it was] good. 13 So the evening and the morning were the third day. 14 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; 15 “and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. 16 Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. [He made] the stars also. 17 God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that [it was] good. 19 So the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

Genesis 1:9-19

God starts once again by reminding us that He is in control of nature, He gathers the water into one place. This is hard because mankind cannot gather any water and tell it to stay in one place. We can capture it, but gathering it and making it stay on its own free will is outside of our means. However, it is partway through day three that we find dry earth. Before this there was nothing. Those who claim a gap in time, fail to recognize that this is the day that land shows up. Day three, is when we finally see dry land emerging.

For those who believe these days are not literal days, but rather symbolism for thousands and or millions of years, they might stumble when they realize that God creates plants on day three with the dry land and the sun for photosynthesis on day four. What does that mean? God creates the world in such a way as to negate any idea that the world or known universe can be created without His direct involvement. He creates it in a literal 24 hour period for each day. We need to enforce this idea because without it, God’s word becomes something we can pick, choose, and throw the rest into the junk drawer of spiritual symbolism. Next week we will discuss the final aspects of God’s creation leading up to mankind. It is here that we will see you and I come on the scene.

Hold until relieved, our Blessed Hope is coming,

JL