Musing – Why did God Create the World in that Sequence?

Hebraic Musing – Why did God Create the World in that Sequence?    

As further proof of the existence of a Master Designer, I am impressed with the sequence God used in His six days of creation.  “Evolutionists” do not get concerned with the sequence of creation; but the Master Designer used credible and essential logic as the Creator, while evolutionists contend that the Universe evolved by itself!!!

What is the creation sequence in the Biblical “account” (not “story”)?   Light; Separate water from land; Sky from earth; Vegetation - seed-bearing plants & trees; Separate day from night; Living creatures on land & birds in the air.  Then finally He created Man in His image.  What is important about that sequence?

Day One – The EARTH existed.  Gen.1:2  “Now the earth was formless and empty, … and the Spirit of God was hovering…”  NIV    Interesting note - the Spirit of God was hovering and anxious for something to happen!  So God said “Let there be light”.  The word “Light” has a lot of symbolism, i.e., the “Light of the World”!
Webster’s first definition – “something that makes vison possible.”

Day Two – God separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And God called the expanse “sky.”   Thus we have the heavens and land and water above & below, oceanic and atmospheric!

Day Three – First God separated the water to create “dry land”; and water was called “seas”.  Since He now had land, He said “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.”  God had to have dry land in order to plant reproducible vegetation!

Day Four – Now God needed light, so He created an expanse in the sky AND a sun and moon to govern day & night.  The Sun defines “days” and the Moon defines months, seasons and years.  The Sun is critically needed to warm, nurture and to grow the reproducible vegetation; which, BTW, could not wait millions of years for the Sun to be created!  Some would say this was the Garden of Eden?

Day Five – Now that God had water and land and food sources, so He could now create “the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind.”  And the vegetation created yesterday became their necessary food!

Day Six – Now God was ready to create “living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind.”  And these creatures (animals) had their vegetation as food! 
Now God was ready for His ultimate creation…in Gen. 1:26  Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, … So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.”   And gave man dominion over the animal creatures!

In summary – God could not create man until He provided the animal kingdom, and man and the creatures needed vegetation for nourishment.  Plants can’t grow without sunshine and water which can’t be available until land and water are separated to create atmosphere.  Did that sequence require a Master Designer?  And He designed His creation so that vegetables, creatures and man could all have the awesome God-given ability to procreate according to their kinds; fulfilling His ultimate plan!!!

Day Seven – Do you think God deserved or needed a Sabbath Rest after masterfully designing His creation?  

Points to ponder   or   RSVP

If an “Evolutionist” accepts the Biblical account as fact,
what else does he/she have to accept?
(that the universe was already in place!  If so, who put it in place?)

How was God able to create things that we intelligent beings still cannot replicate?

BTW, Global Warming is in the Bible!  In the last days “The first angel sounded his trumpet,
 and there came hail and fire …. A third of the earth was burned up,
a third of the trees were burned up,  and all the green grass was burned up.” Rev.8:7 

♫ O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder, Consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made;
          I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, Thy power throughout the universe displayed….♫   

Yosef   a.k.a.  Joe Brusherd                          February 25, 2020

Author: “Hebraic Insights – Messages exploring the Hebrew roots of our faith” 
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