Creation Turns a Corner | Understanding Genesis Chapter 1 verse 11

Understanding Genesis chapter 1 verse 11 | And God said, let the earth bring forth a tender sprout, grass yielding seed, a fruit tree yielding fruit according to the kind of see that is in it throughout the earth. and It was so.

Genesis 1:11, the second part of Day 3, marks a critical turning point in creation. Here creation makes a great leap which science alone has difficulty explaining, from inanimate to animate objects. The jump from simple chemical reactions, to life. Creation and Evolution Evolution is the scientific explanation for how complex life forms develop over time … Read more Creation Turns a Corner | Understanding Genesis Chapter 1 verse 11

The War with Chaos | Understanding Genesis Chapter 1 verse 9

Understanding Genesis chapter 1 verse 9 | And God said, let the water under the Sky be gathered together into one place, and let dray land appear. And it was so.

In the ancient world, the Sea represented the forces of chaos, disorder, and terror. Travel over water was considered unnatural, even by the sea traveling nations. Boats stayed close to shore, clinging as well as they could to the safety of the land. And from great sea storms, to the simple vast, endlessness of the … Read more The War with Chaos | Understanding Genesis Chapter 1 verse 9

Genesis and Science | Understanding Genesis Chapter 1 verse 8

And God called the Expanse Sky. And there was evening, and there was morning, the second day. Understanding Genesis chapter 1 verse 8

Earth’s sky was, science now says, not the second thing to come into existence in this universe. A whole lot of stars, planets, galaxies, comets, asteroids, even other skies above other worlds, proceeded the sky that we look up and see today. And yet, when allowed to, Genesis 1 and modern science do stand together quite … Read more Genesis and Science | Understanding Genesis Chapter 1 verse 8

Faith and Reason | Understanding Genesis Chapter 1 verse 7

Understanding Genesis 1:7 | And God made an Expanse, and divided the water below the Expanse from the water above the Expanse. And it was so.

Why is the second thing that God creates here in Genesis 1:7 the Sky? Before sun, moon, and stars, before dry land, God makes something called an Expanse, separating the blue water from the blue above out heads. An Expanse later named “Sky.” Why? The answer has to do with ancient cosmology, or how people … Read more Faith and Reason | Understanding Genesis Chapter 1 verse 7

The Vault of Heaven | Understanding Genesis Chapter 1 verse 6

And God said, let there be an Expanse in the midst of the Water. And let it separate water from water | The Vault of Heaven | Understanding Genesis chapter 1 verse 6

On this little planet that we call home, there exists approximately 400 miles of vertical space between the surface where we walk, and the upper shell of our atmosphere. Long before we reach 400 miles, the oxygen level becomes so thin that we would lose the ability to breathe, and the temperature so cold that we would … Read more The Vault of Heaven | Understanding Genesis Chapter 1 verse 6

God Makes Time | Understanding Genesis Chapter 1 verse 5

Understanding Genesis chapter 1 verse 5 | And God called the Light Day and the Darkness God called the Darkness Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

Our calendar, our entire perception of time, is based on this one cycle: Sunrise <-> Sunset. In Genesis chapter 1 verse 5, the passage of time itself finds its origin with God. Though each unique version of the calendar is a creation of human civilizations, the concept of the calendar is part of God’s design, … Read more God Makes Time | Understanding Genesis Chapter 1 verse 5

Light Born in Darkness | Understanding Genesis Chapter 1 verse 4

Light Born in Darkness | Understanding Genesis chapter 1 verse 4 | And God saw that the light was good. And God divided the Light from the Darkness

One may wonder, why light? Why is this the first thing that God creates, even before the objects that give light—the sun and moon and stars? What is the meaning of this division between light and darkness in Genesis 1:4.   Layers One of the wonderful things about bible stories, is that each story has several … Read more Light Born in Darkness | Understanding Genesis Chapter 1 verse 4

Spirit, Breath, Life | Understanding Genesis Chapter 1 verse 3

And God said, "Let there be light." And there was Light. Genesis chapter 1 verse 3

There is a meaning in Genesis 1:3 that our English cannot quite capture, because we English speakers have separated the concepts of spirit, breath, and life. Check out the trailer below! Back in verse 2, we were told that the “spirit of God was moving over the water.” The Hebrew word for “spirit” here is “ruach.” … Read more Spirit, Breath, Life | Understanding Genesis Chapter 1 verse 3

Into the Deep | Understanding Genesis Chapter 1 verse 2

And the earth was formless, and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Breath of God hovered over the face of the waters. | Understanding Genesis chapter 1 verse 2

The Deep To the ancient mind, this word conjured images of a bottomless ocean which continued down and down and down until its waters opened into the mouth of the Underworld. This was an eternal prison for the dead, and for the monsters that the gods had trapped there at the beginning of the world … Read more Into the Deep | Understanding Genesis Chapter 1 verse 2

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