In The Beginning – Days 4 and 5

Creation is God’s handiwork on display for all to see. The world began with Him, the self-existing One. He created light to banish the darkness. His Word spoke the sky, land, sea, and vegetation into being.

In The Beginning – Day 4

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. ~Genesis 1:14-19

“vault” - expanse, sky, or firmament

Reasons for the lights in the sky:

separate day from night
signs to mark sacred times, days, and years
to give light to the earth

Types of lights in the sky:

greater light, the sun, to govern the day
lesser light, the moon, to govern the night
stars

“good” - God once pronounces that His work is good.

Digging Deeper: Revelation 21:23; 22:5; Isaiah 24:23

In The Beginning – Day 5

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. ~Genesis 1:20-23

“Great creatures of the sea” – leviathans. Though some theologians have listed the crocodile or whale as possible choices for the leviathan, there is also the possibility that these giant sea creatures could have been amphibious dinosaurs.

“According to their kinds” – Again we see God organizing the chaos into highly organized creation.

“Blessed” - Here we see God blessing His creation for the first time. Through reproduction, God enabled His creatures to join Him in the creation process, at the same time enabling the earth to recreate itself. Annual forest fires are a huge threat where I live. Once the fire is finally extinguished, the devastation is unbelievable. But a beautiful thing happens within a few years. New plant life shoots through the once-charred soil, all because God blessed creation with the ability to reproduce.

God blessed His #creation with the ability to reproduce, thus joining Him in the creation process....
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In The Beginning – Discussion:

Why do you think there’s a distinction between the separation of light and dark on day one and the creation of lights in the sky on day five?
Do you think there would still be light and dark even without the skylights?
What is the significance of God’s blessing the creatures of the sea and sky?
Do you think God had a reason for the order in which he created things? If so, why?

OTHER GENESIS POSTS: In The Beginning – Days 2 and 3

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