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Day One: God Created Light, Genesis 1:3-5

Genesis 1:3–5 NKJV

3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.

There was light, but no source

It was good

God divided light and darkness, how?

the light had a singular point of origin

the world the light was viewed from began to turn

evening and morning, one full literal day

day age theory is out the window

gap theory was out the window last week

creation and evolution are polar opposites and cannot be reconciled

Day Two: God Created a Firmament, Ge 1.6-8

Genesis 1:6–8 NKJV

6 Then God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” 7 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. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.

“firmament” means expanse and refers to the sky

waters divided (water below, sea, and water above, now gone)

waters above the sky would have made for a green house scenario on earth

evening and morning, one full literal day

Day Three: God Created Land, Ge 1.9-13

Genesis 1:9–13 NKJV

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.

God separated seas and land

God caused the earth to produce plants

The reproductive limitations of kind and the law of first mention

evening and morning, one full literal day

Day Four: God Created Lights, Ge 1.14-19

Genesis 1:14–19 NKJV

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.

“firmament of the heavens” the expanse above it all, not the expanse between

first lights are stars

greater light is sun

lesser light is moon

all created fully visible, we will see the appearance of age throughout creation

evening and morning, a full literal day

Day Five: God Created Sea Creatures and Sky Creatures Ge 1.20-23

Genesis 1:20–23 NKJV

20 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.” 21 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 that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 So the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

sea and sky were populated

“according to their kind” emphasizes the limitation of animal species which will reproduce, like plants, within set limitations

evening and morning, one full literal day

Day Six: God Created Land Creatures Ge 1.24-31

Genesis 1:24–31 NKJV

24 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. 25 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 it was good. 26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” 29 And God said, “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. 30 Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food”; and it was so. 31 Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

according to its kind, land creatures, like plants, like sea creatures, and like sky creatures, would be limited in their reproductive capacity to their own kind

man is made in the image of God, something we will revisit

man was made to have dominion

rule over creation

subjugate creation

man was originally vegetarian

evening and morning, one full literal day

Day Seven: God Rested Ge 2.1-3

Genesis 2:1–3 NKJV

1 Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. 2 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. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

Everything was created in six days

God ended His work of creation and rested on day 7

There is an observable pattern in creation days that continues what we have already seen of God as an attentive artist layering elements atop each other:

Days 1 & 4 - Light | Lights

Days 2 & 5 - Sea & Sky | Sea Creatures & Sky Creatures

Days 3 & 6 - Land | Land Creatures

There is also an observable focus on individual days and individual kinds that precludes evolution as a possibility

The question for us is one of trust: who are we going to trust with the answer to the question of how did we get here?