2. Creation was Orderly and Systematic (part 1)
If you look at Genesis 1 you will see that the sun, moon and stars are only created on the fourth day, but there are days before then "there was evening, and there was morning -- the first day." Although the component for morning and evening (the sun) is not yet created, God already had the concepts firmly in mind.There is an orderliness about the creation account:
- A rhythmic cycle of days,
- God is the constant in the equation, and speaks it all into being. (This idea of speaking indicates order and authority.)
- The span of seven days indicating that there was a plan
- The emphasis of seven symbolising completeness
- The repetition of "God saw that it was (very) good" vv.10,12,18,25,31
- The rest on the Sabbath implying satisfaction and completeness.
Creation is not random, circumstantial or chaotic.
The picture that Gen 1 gives us is that God is firmly in charge, that God delights in His creation and that He is working with a plan.
Again, we are not getting hung up on the HOW in the sense of the mechanics of creation (I think our brains are actually too small to grasp the detail). We are more concerned in WHO created and that His divine and sovereign qualities are beautifully reflected in the account of creation. We see God's creativity, power and internal-integrity portrayed as orderliness. The HOW we can look at is the style of creation and that style is orderly, joyful and excellent.
We are not here by mistake or accident.
We are the end result of a carefully thought through plan where the Creator joyfully and systematically made a world that was good....!
| And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning--the first day. 6 And God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water." 7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the expanse "sky." And there was evening, and there was morning--the second day. 9 And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good. (Genesis1:3-10) |
