THE CREATION OF THE EARTH AND MAN, AND THE FALL OF THE SHINING ONE (Part 7)

THE CREATION OF THE EARTH AND MAN, AND THE FALL OF THE SHINING ONE (Part 7)

Kenute P.  Curry

DAY 4: SOLAR LIGHT RESTORED

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 light to rule the night. He made the stars also. God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth, 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. So the evening and the morning were the fourth day. (Genesis 1:14-19).

For three days there had been some kind of supernatural light, and God could have left it that way, but He did not. The Great and Mighty God  provided lights, or luminaries, in the heaven, including the sun, moon, and stars. They were illuminating objects and produced the division between the day and night, serving as markers for signs, days, seasons, and years. These markers included:

1.      The weather (Matthew 16:2-3)

2.      Testimony to God ( Psalms 8; 19; Romans 1:14-20)

3.      Divine judgment (Joel 2:30-31; Matthew 24:29)

4.      Navigation (Matthew 2:1-2)

It was God who created the lights, and He alone is in control.

DAY 5: CREATION OF FISH AND FOWL

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 that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” So the evening and the morning were the fifth day. (Genesis 1:20-23)

God not only made the “living creatures,” but He also gave them the power to reproduce and fill the air and seas in great numbers and wonderful variety. These creatures included all sorts of fish and mammals, birds and bats, and flying insects. Here we find the first occurrence of the word “blessed” in Scripture, sanctioning the approval of Almighty God.

Scripture quotations are from the New King James Version of the Bible, © 1979, 1980, 1982, 1990, Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers.

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