It looks like the Builder can hand over the keys
- the home is ready and the landscaping is finished.
Not yet. The lighting needs improvement and who
can He hand over the keys to? God now compliments His work of Day 1 by making a great light to rule the day and a lesser light to rule the night.
What about the stars?
I noticed there was no Big Bang.
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| Sun & moon in 'Ring of fire' 14.5.13 |
That's right. He made these 2 lights and He set the stars. Not only is this for light plus days and years but this is for signs and seasons - interesting hey!
Yep! God specifically refers to constellations in Job 38 and Isaiah 13:10.
Are there any more 3's to be found here?
Of course.
Having made (Hebrew: asah) the
firmament in verse 7, He now makes (asah) the greater and lesser lights, and
sets (nathan) the stars - 3 positive
creative actions in space. Three times He speaks of 'the expanse of the
heavens'. Three times he speaks of the lights (meorah) - the planning, the purpose and the construction.
Hang about - you're telling me that God made all
those billions of stars in one day, only 2 days before man, then you’re going
to say that this all happened only 6000 years ago. Now that won’t match up with
Science, for sure! Those stars are so far away that their light takes years to
reach us at 300,000 kilometres per second.
Okay, that’s sounds a
reasonable objection although to be fair, don’t forget we don’t know just how
far away anything in outer space is because the only measuring device we have
is light and Science has proved that it doesn’t always behave as expected.
So is this the flaw in the Creation story?
Except for one thing:
I haven’t told you how God ‘set them (stars) in the expanse of the heavens’.
It doesn’t say how He did it.
Not here it doesn’t
but later in the Bible it does – about 10 times - so there will be no argument.
“…who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a
tent to dwell in’. (Isaiah 40:22)
10 times? Aah….the mind boggles! No wonder the
universe is expanding.
I suppose God is so systematic that next day He complimented what He did on Day 2?
Of course!...and why not have an aviary and an
aquarium? I suppose God is so systematic that next day He complimented what He did on Day 2?
The
sky needs filling with birds and the sea needs some fish so it's time for that
word bara again in creating life. Fish and birds are both spoken of 3
times, and notice they are created according to their kind, with God's blessing
- "be fruitful and multiply".
Wow!...created from nothing? That’s enough
achievement in 2 days for me to get my head around.
Before we take a
break, did you notice the order is completely opposite to what evolutionists
say? Sea creatures were first, so whales
weren’t land mammals that decided to go for a swim; birds were next and so they
can’t be reptiles that sprouted feathers.
Photo credits:
Ring of fire / indiatimes.com
Birds & whale / telegraph.co.uk
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