THE ORIGIN OF THE WORLD AND OF THE HUMAN RACE
THE CREATION OF THE WORLD: Biblical View/Version
Genesis 1:1-32
In the beginning God created heaven and earth. 2Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, with a divine wind sweeping over the waters.
3God said, "Let there be light and there was light. 4God saw that light was good, and God divided light from darkness. 5God called light 'day', and darkness he called 'night'. Evening came and morning came: the first day.
6God said, 'Let there be a vault through the middle of the waters to divide the waters in two.' And so it was. 7God made the vault, and it divided the waters under the vault from the waters above the vault. 8God called the vault 'heaven'. Evening came and morning came: the second day.
9God said, 'Let the waters under heaven come together into a single mass, and let dry land appear. 'And so it was. 10God called the dry land 'earth' and the mass of water 'seas', and God saw that it was good.
11God said, 'Let the earth produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants, and fruit trees on earth, bearing fruit with their seed inside, each corresponding to its own species.' And so it was. 12The earth produced vegetation: the various kind of seed-bearing plants and the fruit trees with seed inside, each corresponding to its own species. God saw that it was good. 13Evening came and morning came: the third day.
14God said, 'Let there be lights in the vault of heaven to divide day from night, and let them indicate festivals, days and years. 15Let them be lights in the vault of heaven to shine on the earth.' And so it was. 16God made the two great lights: the greater light to govern the day, the smaller light to govern the night., and the stars. 17God set them in the vault of heaven to shine on the earth, 18to govern the day and the night and to divide light from darkness. God saw that it was good. 19Evening came and morning came: the fourth day.
20God said, "Let the waters be alive with a swarm of living creatures, and let birds wing their way above the earth across the vault of heaven". And so it was. 21God created great sea-monsters and all the creatures that glide and teem in the waters in their own species, and winged birds in their species. God saw that it was good. 22God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the sea; and let the birds multiply on land". 23Evening came and morning came; the fifth day.
24God said, "Let the earth produce every kind of living creature in its own species: cattle, creeping things and wild animals of all kinds". And so it was. 25God made wild animals in their own species, and cattle in their, and every creature that crawls along the earth in its own species. God saw that it was good.
26God said, "Let us make man in our own image, in the likeness of ourselves, and let them be masters of the fish of the sea, the birds of heaven, the cattle, all the wild animals and all the creatures that creep along the ground".
27God created man in the image of himself, in the image of God He created him, male and female He created them.
28God blessed them, saying to them, "Be fruitful, multiple, fill the earth and subdue it. Be masters of the fish of the, the birds of heaven and all the living creatures that move on earth". 29God also said, "Look, to you I give all the seed-bearing plants everywhere on the surface of the earth, and all the trees with seed-bearing fruit; this will be your food. 30And to all the wild animals, all the birds of heaven, and all the living creatures that creep along the ground, I give all the foliage of the plants as their food". And so it was. 31God saw all he had made, and indeed it was very good. Evening came and morning came: the sixth day.
Genesis 1:1-32
In the beginning God created heaven and earth. 2Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, with a divine wind sweeping over the waters.
3God said, "Let there be light and there was light. 4God saw that light was good, and God divided light from darkness. 5God called light 'day', and darkness he called 'night'. Evening came and morning came: the first day.
6God said, 'Let there be a vault through the middle of the waters to divide the waters in two.' And so it was. 7God made the vault, and it divided the waters under the vault from the waters above the vault. 8God called the vault 'heaven'. Evening came and morning came: the second day.
9God said, 'Let the waters under heaven come together into a single mass, and let dry land appear. 'And so it was. 10God called the dry land 'earth' and the mass of water 'seas', and God saw that it was good.
11God said, 'Let the earth produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants, and fruit trees on earth, bearing fruit with their seed inside, each corresponding to its own species.' And so it was. 12The earth produced vegetation: the various kind of seed-bearing plants and the fruit trees with seed inside, each corresponding to its own species. God saw that it was good. 13Evening came and morning came: the third day.
14God said, 'Let there be lights in the vault of heaven to divide day from night, and let them indicate festivals, days and years. 15Let them be lights in the vault of heaven to shine on the earth.' And so it was. 16God made the two great lights: the greater light to govern the day, the smaller light to govern the night., and the stars. 17God set them in the vault of heaven to shine on the earth, 18to govern the day and the night and to divide light from darkness. God saw that it was good. 19Evening came and morning came: the fourth day.
20God said, "Let the waters be alive with a swarm of living creatures, and let birds wing their way above the earth across the vault of heaven". And so it was. 21God created great sea-monsters and all the creatures that glide and teem in the waters in their own species, and winged birds in their species. God saw that it was good. 22God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the sea; and let the birds multiply on land". 23Evening came and morning came; the fifth day.
24God said, "Let the earth produce every kind of living creature in its own species: cattle, creeping things and wild animals of all kinds". And so it was. 25God made wild animals in their own species, and cattle in their, and every creature that crawls along the earth in its own species. God saw that it was good.
26God said, "Let us make man in our own image, in the likeness of ourselves, and let them be masters of the fish of the sea, the birds of heaven, the cattle, all the wild animals and all the creatures that creep along the ground".
27God created man in the image of himself, in the image of God He created him, male and female He created them.
28God blessed them, saying to them, "Be fruitful, multiple, fill the earth and subdue it. Be masters of the fish of the, the birds of heaven and all the living creatures that move on earth". 29God also said, "Look, to you I give all the seed-bearing plants everywhere on the surface of the earth, and all the trees with seed-bearing fruit; this will be your food. 30And to all the wild animals, all the birds of heaven, and all the living creatures that creep along the ground, I give all the foliage of the plants as their food". And so it was. 31God saw all he had made, and indeed it was very good. Evening came and morning came: the sixth day.
Genesis 2:1-4
Thus heaven and earth were completed with all their array. 2On the seventh day God had completed the work he had been doing. He rested on the seventh day after all the work He had been doing. 3God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on that day He rested after all His work of creating.
4Such was the story of heaven and earth as they were created.
LEASON:
There are important and spiritual things we can learn from the biblical stand point of CREATION OF THE WORLD. These include;
a. the world and everything in it belong to God; He made them all(to his own taste) without the help of anyone, including Satan, and with just words of His mouth.
b. it took God just six days to create heaven and earth.
c. among all things created, man was the last because God had plans of creating him in His own image and making him the master/head/manager of other things created.
d. we should be mindful of our daily choice of words because words of our mouth could be as powerful as that of the Lord God Almighty, considering the fact that we are all made in His own image.
e. God has taught us that after work, there should be rest. Therefore, we should respect God by keeping Sunday(a day chosen/agreed on by Christians as resting/holy day) holy, by not not going to the market or any of our business places that day.
QUESTION AND ANSWER
Q. Is it right for medical personnels to go to work on Sundays?
A. Yes, it is right; generally, anyone on special duty(e.g: one pertaining to saving of life) is free to go to work as God cherish human life.
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b. it took God just six days to create heaven and earth.
c. among all things created, man was the last because God had plans of creating him in His own image and making him the master/head/manager of other things created.
d. we should be mindful of our daily choice of words because words of our mouth could be as powerful as that of the Lord God Almighty, considering the fact that we are all made in His own image.
e. God has taught us that after work, there should be rest. Therefore, we should respect God by keeping Sunday(a day chosen/agreed on by Christians as resting/holy day) holy, by not not going to the market or any of our business places that day.
QUESTION AND ANSWER
Q. Is it right for medical personnels to go to work on Sundays?
A. Yes, it is right; generally, anyone on special duty(e.g: one pertaining to saving of life) is free to go to work as God cherish human life.
N/B: YOU CAN SHARE YOUR OWN VIEW(S) OR THOUGHT(S) WITH US
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