“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Science tells that some unimaginable power must have put it there because from it came everything that exists in the universe. Why does God have to rest? Below are listed the seven days of creation, day by day, and what happened according to Genesis in the Old Testament. Professors: A Day Means a Day! So the evening and the morning were the third day” (Genesis 1:11-13).“Then God said, ‘Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years; and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth’; and it was so. '"This phrase is confusing because the Sun's creation was earlier, so why is light mentioned here?
Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made” (Genesis 2:1-3).It is interesting to note that the seventh day of creation refers to the same day found in the fourth commandment (Exodus 20:8-11). They say that Genesis is correct because when Moses wrote the first four chapters of Genesis, he received the information directly from God. Add your voice! Feb 20, 2014 - This Pin was discovered by Pao_Ru. Book of Genesis – The Creation [Heavens and Earth] 28th May 2020 Bible in Pictures. He made the stars also. "And God said, 'Let the waters under the Heaven be gathered together in one place and let the dry land appear. With the cooling of the Earth and the rise in atmospheric oxygen, the atmosphere became transparent, and there was light. He also created the first man as a special creation. Creation Day 7 (Genesis 2:1-3) God rests. And God saw that it was good” (Genesis 1:9-10).“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. Of course, the religious interpretation has a different answer to these questions. God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. "And God said, 'Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed and fruit trees bearing fruit. This was the start of everything that exists -- matter, energy, time and every atom that was ever created. Quick link to: The Holy Bible [KJV - Audio and Text] Bible Verse of the Day. Because of the laws these same scientists have discovered, there is absolutely no way to tell what made it happen. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. The only correct thing is that man was at the end of the chain of life. “Remember the Stay up-to-date on what’s new at Bibleinfo.com. He speculates that this second reference to light on day four of Genesis refers to the evolution of vision. Part of HuffPost Religion. Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. '"The beginning of the oceans and the separation of the land mass areas occurred on Earth about 3.75 billion years ago. And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. Today all major religions have a holy day to rest: Muslims have Friday, Jews Saturday, and Christians Sunday. "So the claim that God created Heaven and Earth matches with science. Clouds formed and enormous amounts of water fell on the earth. Either way, it was written over 4000 years ago. He told man that he is supposed to care God’s creation. I think you may find the results quite astounding.This is not the first time this has been attempted, but this is a shorter and more readable version.It has been reviewed by a prominent rabbi and a prominent professor of biological, geological, and earth sciences.Historians say the Old Testament of the Bible, including Genesis, is an anthology of literature taken from poems, songs, oral stories and ancient scrolls. "To separate day from night" refers to the time before and after sight. So the creation of Earth and life is as God reported it. ©2020 Verizon Media. Plants, grass, and fruit bearing trees, did not appear until after sea creatures. It was written mostly in Hebrew over many centuries by many people, including Hebrew scholars, various scribes, and others. Life began in the sea. The great mystery is how that hot, dense spot (called the singularity), the first thing in the emptiness, the start of the universe, got there? But why not rest? Again, the appearance of flora did not take place at this time according to contemporary science.
This essay is not about the seven days (here we will assume that the "days" are allegorical); this is about what Genesis says happened on each of those seven days of creation.The following explores the possibility of reconciling what's in each of the seven days of creation in Genesis with the prevailing information of contemporary science.