003 - Creation - 09-11-22

Gen 1:1

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Create

- to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.

bârâ'

baw-raw'

A primitive root; (absolutely) to create; (always used in a divine act)

‛âśâh

aw-saw'

A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application:

Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Day one – spoke light into being (3-5)

Day two – made the firmament (6-8)

Day three – land, sea, vegetation (9-13)

Day four – lights in the heavens (sun, moon, stars) (14-19)

Day five – moving creatures (fish, whales, birds) (20-23)

Day six – land creatures, man and woman (24-31)

Day seven – God ended his works of creation – no evening and morning

Why were the ‘lights’ made after vegetation?

Joh 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

Rev 22:5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

Chapters 1 and 2 are not separate, but compliments of each other – the story told twice from different points of view.

What is a Day? https://askjohnmackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/how-long-genesis-days.pdf

When it comes to understanding the length of the days in Genesis 1, one of the first questions we need to ask is how do we determine when a day is twenty-four hours long? The Hebrew word for day, yom, is used in the singular and plural form 2301 times in the Old Testament, and outside of Genesis there is always agreement as to when the word means a day of twenty-four hours:

• Whenever the word day is used with a number it always means an ordinary day with no exceptions (410 occasions).

• The term evening and morning used together without day outside of Genesis 1 always means an ordinary day (38 occasions).

• When the words evening or morning are used together with the word day outside of Genesis 1 it always means an ordinary day (23 occasions).

• When the word night is used with the word day outside of Genesis 1 it always means an ordinary day (52 occasions).

It is clear then that the word day outside of Genesis 1 means a day of twenty-four hours when it is used with a number, with the phrase “evening and morning”, when the words “evening” or “morning” occur with “day”, and when the term “night” occurs with “day”.

It is the context of the word “day” that will determine its meaning, and when the context of Genesis 1 is examined, you will find that the word day on each of the days is accompanied by either: “evening and morning”; a number; or by the word “night”. Therefore, the context reveals that the meaning of “day” on each of the six days is a day of twenty-four hours.

Exo 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Exo 31:17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for insix days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

Isa 46:9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,

Isa 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: