Bible Explained

The Bible begins with God creating the World and talks of the 7 days of Creation.

Many millions of words have been penned in discussing this with arguments between Creationists and Evolutionists.

What we tend to forget is – what is the author of Genesis trying to say in this way?

We skip over the context and dash onto the detail without taking in the big picture.

In Genesis 1v2 it sets the context for the rest of the passage:

“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.”

The context is that the earth was formless and empty. Just a dark, shapeless ball of stormy chaotic water.

What do we see by the end of the week? Form and fullness of life.

And this chapter is a beautiful poetic story of God doing this.

This world of incredible order, form was formed by God.

This world teeming with life in the skies, oceans and land was because of God.

And the structure of Chapter 1 emphasises this.

Days 1-3 show God forming a formless world. Like a master artist first creating a canvas upon which they will fill their masterpiece.

Days 4-6 show him then filling those zones with life.

	Forming	Filling
Days 1 & 4	1 – Light & dark separated	4 – Sun, moon & stars
Days 2 & 5	2 – Sea & Clouds separated	5 – Fish & birds
Days 3 & 6	3 – Sea & Land separated	6 – Animals & mankind

This beautiful wonderous world, ordered and full of life is all because of God’s handiwork.

He speaks and it happens.

2000yrs ago a man was asleep in boat in a storm. With the waters of chaos crashing around him, He spoke and the storm subsided. Matt 8v27, the eyewitnesses said “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”

The God of the Universe, the Creator God of Genesis 1 had stepped into time and history – Jesus of Nazareth. You could have shook his hand!

So the question is, if all of Creation obeys his voice, will you?

Fullness of life follows where he speaks. Will you find it in Him?