God’s Foundation of His Creation

Genesis 1:1-13 

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.

6 Then God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” 7 Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.

9 Then God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

11 Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth”; and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 13 So the evening and the morning were the third day.

When God created the universe, the heavens and earth, He spoke the worlds into being (Colossians 1:16, John 1:1-3).  He created everything we can see out of absolutely nothing but His will and word to make it so.  Then God’s Spirit moved over the empty world in the darkness of the newly created space, and spoke light into existence.  This was the first day, followed by the first night of darkness; together these were the first day as we reckon time.  It was good!  Then he created the sky above the earth called Heaven, separating the waters on the earth from that in the sky (most to later become clouds).  The second day passed, and the third followed with the waters on the earth made to gather together into seas instead of spread over the entire surface of the earth.  As earth and seas were made, it was again called good by their Creator.  Then He made grass, herbs, and fruit trees to prepare for food for the living creations to come. These all were designed to be self-sustaining, bearing fruit according to what each kind was.  He made the world to continue automatically after He put all into motion.  The third day was then over with the beginning foundation put in place.  Certainly God could have spoke everything into existence in a single word, yet He chose to do things this way in order to show us the intricacies of His creation and to better understand it.