Although God didn't explain it to us, Man might have been created on the 6th day instead of some other day for several reasons:
-So he wouldn't be left without a purpose while God created everything else.
-So we couldn't say we had some role in Creation.
-So God could immediately spend time with his favorite creature.
-So we wouldn't be proud of our primacy in Creation. We were given authority, but created last to indicate a role of servitude.
#genesis #bereshit
And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.
Genesis 1:16 ESV
The only lights referenced here are the sun and moon because they are the only lights that separate day from night and govern the seasons, but the stars were probably created at the same time.
Light pre-existed the sun because there was day and night before the sun was made. Was the light gathered and focused into the sun, moon, and stars just as the waters were gathered and concentrated in the seas?
Do tragedies make us, or break us? Maybe the answer depends on how we decide to deal with the tragedies. That’s a question Morgan Phelps addresses in this part of our conversation. She and her family are no strangers to adversity – even some of the worst kinds of loss. Nevertheless, they have found ways to survive and thrive through every trial.
A big part of overcoming adversity concerns our relationship with our Creator. Connecting with Him at His appointed times is a very important part of building that relationship. Will Spires and Kelly Ferrari Mills have some observations in song about that, and so do Barry Phillips and David Jones, as they explain in “Divine Nature and the Fall Feasts.”
https://thebarkingfox.com/2023..../10/10/reunion-roadm
Do tragedies make us, or break us? Maybe the answer depends on how we decide to deal with the tragedies. That’s a question Morgan Phelps addresses in this part of our conversation. She and her family are no strangers to adversity – even some of the worst kinds of loss. Nevertheless, they have found ways to survive and thrive through every trial.
A big part of overcoming adversity concerns our relationship with our Creator. Connecting with Him at His appointed times is a very important part of building that relationship. Will Spires and Kelly Ferrari Mills have some observations in song about that, and so do Barry Phillips and David Jones, as they explain in “Divine Nature and the Fall Feasts.”
https://thebarkingfox.com/2023..../10/10/reunion-roadm
And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so.
#genesis 1:11
What came first, the tree or the nut? We can't say from this verse. The earth sprouting the plants could imply the existence of seeds embedded in the soil, or it could be that the first generation of plants were created directly from dirt just like man.