Greetings Everyone in the Name of Jesus Christ!!!!
The key people in the the first 11 Chapters of Genesis are:
Adam: The first man, whose disobedience corrupted the human race.
Eve: The first woman, whose temptation opened the door to sin.
Noah: The ark builder, whose obedience delivered his family.
Chapter 1 "The Creation"
Key verse: Genesis 1:27: "So God created man in His own image; in the image of God created him; male and female He created them"
Personal application: God shared His own image with us.
In the first verse of the first Chapter of Genesis we read: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." In that first verse we see that God exercised His creative power and, by merely speaking, brings the entire universe into being. His main focus was on the planet earth where He carefully shapes it to support life and then He populates it with living creatures.
God then creates mankind in His own image and sets us to rule over His wonderful creation and lets us know that we as humans are the focus of His loving concern.
The main theme of this chapter is the revelation of God Himself. He speaks, makes, separates, sets the sun, moon and stars in the heavens and blesses. The earth is placed in a perfect distance and orbit from the sun so that we are not to close where we would burn and not so far away where we would freeze. It makes you wonder how people can actually believe that there is no God.
He separates the day from the light where the greater light would give us light by day and the lesser lights would give us light by night. He sets in place the seasons. He displays His love and unselfishness by sharing with us His likeness.
In everything we are remind that God is a person who is vastly intelligent, but that He is also caring and warm. The creation story like creation itself, reveals our God.
In the closing verse of Chapter 1, God evaluated each of the first 5 days of His creative work and called it "good" but the work of creating man is called "Very Good" (verse 31).
Tomorrow we will start Chapter 2 and see the Garden of Eden and more on the creation of Adam and Eve.
Heavenly Father, Thank you for creating this planet we live on and the universe that surrounds us. Thank you for the beauty of your creation and may we always remember that is was You that made everything that was made.
Amen
"Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
Genesis 1:26
Whenever I am tempted, whenever clouds arise
When songs give way to sighing, when hope within me dies
I draw closer to him, from care He set me free
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know that He watches me
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know that He watches me
I sing because I'm Happy
I sing because I'm Free
For His eyes is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me
Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day and May God's Richest Blessings Be With All Of You.
Yours In Christ
Cindi
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