God Created The Heavens
And The Earth
In
the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty,
darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering
over the waters.
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
God saw that the light was good, and
he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the
darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the
first day.
And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to
separate water from water.” So God made the vault
and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so.
God called the vault “sky.” And there
was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one
place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. God called the dry ground “land,” and the
gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing
plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to
their various kinds.” And it was so. The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to
their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds.
And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky
to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred
times, and days and years, and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on
the earth.” And it was so. God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and
the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the vault of the sky to
give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from
darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and
let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” So God created the great creatures of the
sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in
it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And
God saw that it was good. God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and
fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.”
And there was evening, and there
was morning—the fifth day.
And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures
according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the
ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.
God made the wild animals according
to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures
that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was
good.
Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our
likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the
sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures
that move along the ground.”
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image
of God he created them; male and female he created them.
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase
in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the
birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the
face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They
will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky
and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath
of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And
there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
Genesis 1:1-31
God was here before anything was created. He will be here until
the end of time, and beyond.
He created the universe, and everything in it, including us.
God’s salvation plan of grace was in the words before the
world was created.
These tiny glimpses of God before He created the earth help
us see a little of the essence and magnitude of our awesome, eternal God. We
see His majesty and greatness. It is truly amazing. We worship a God who
existed from the beginning…and before that.
The created world is but a small bit of sand in eternity.
Our Daily Bread –