Seven Days Creation History

 

God’s creation of the earth is found in Genesis chapters 1 and 2 and consists of the following seven days of creation:

 

1. Day one: God made light so there could be day and night. Evening and morning define one day: “Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day” (Genesis 1:3-5).

2. Day two: God made the firmament and separated the waters in two. He called the firmament, "heaven": “Then God said, ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.’ Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day” (Genesis 1:6-8).

3. Day three: God made dry land appear on the lower waters. He gathered the lower waters into the seas and made vegetation: “Then God said, ‘Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear’; and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good” (Genesis 1:9-10). And also “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. And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. So the evening and the morning were the third day” (Genesis 1:11-13).

4. Day four: God put lights in the firmament. He made the sun to rule day and the moon to rule the night, and the stars also. The greater light rules the day and the lesser light rules the night: “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. Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also. 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 saw that it was good. So the evening and the morning were the fourth day” (Genesis 1:14-19).

5. Day five: God made sea life and birds from the waters: “‘Then God said, ‘Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens.’ So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.’ So the evening and the morning were the fifth day” (Genesis 1:20-23).

6. Day six: God made land animals from earth. He made man in "our" image and woman. He blessed them and told them to be fruitful and multiply and gave them dominion over all living creatures: “Then God said, ‘Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind’; and it was so. 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. And God saw that it was good”. And also “Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’ So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth’” (Genesis 1:24-28).

7. Day seven: With his work finished, God pronounced the seventh day holy and rested (The Sabbath of rest): “Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. 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).

 

Genesis is the time of creation by God. Before the creation of the world Father and Son God were existed. When Jesus said God created the Heavens and the Earth, it indicates He created more heaven. And as biblical references we found that He created 3 heavens and the earth. The first heaven is 100 km from earth surface and the second heaven over it the universe and then the Thorn of God the Third Heaven. And we do not know when He created these two heavens.

 

There are 3 theories thinking about the time of Creation of 6 days. They are described in follows_

 

1. First one is like Today’s concept of 24 hours. 1st day created in 24 hours. Then next day again of 24 hours creation of 2nd day and so no up to 6th day’s creation.

2. The Second concept is, another 24 hours of creation. As this concept 1st day created in 24 hours. Then many years (million years Gap) pass by then again 24 hours creation of 2nd day and so no up to 6th day’s creation.

 

3. And the Third concept is Million Years creation. As this concept First day million years creation then 2nd days another million year’s creation and 3rd day is million years up to 6th day creation.

 

These are the 3 possible theory of creation time. Most people think the 1^st theory is acceptable.

 

Explanation of the creation:

On the first day, God commanded, let the light be shined. This light is not the light of universe that we see. That Light was the glory of God. It came from the Thorn. That shines over Second and Third Heaven.

On second day He lifts up the curtain and the huge space the lower level of second heaven, in the expenses moist with thick layer of water. All God’s creations relate to moister. Then God divided the water layer in two parts. Half of the water level He brings on the planet earth. And the other half, He moved up to the upper expanse to the sky. So plants receive water from upper expanse (Genesis 1:6, “And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water”). God made the expanse, He did not create it.

On the 3rd day God divided the planet earth of Ocean and Land. On the third day he opens up the curtain.

On the 4th day, God opened up the curtain and set all sun moons and stars.

On the 5th day, He created fishes and put them in to ocean. Birds and let them fly on air. He said it was good.

On 6th days, he created Man and he said it was very good. He made the Adams body form Dust and give Soul. There are two verses, Genesis 1:21, “So God created 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 God saw that it was good”, and as Genesis 1:27, “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; Male and female he created them”.

 

There have two verbs relates to creation of God, one is BARA and the other is ASAH. In Hebrew BARA, which means created something from nothing. And ASAH, which means creating something from something. Thus, BARA means ‘creating’ and ASAH means ‘making’. God in Jews means God of creation ELOHIM that represents the Trinity God, if the re-creation theory is biblical, then whole Genesis chapter 1 should create through BARA theory. Instead in two cases during the 6th day creation, God used ASAH theory. God used his voice like, “let there be light” and there was light, which is call BARA. At the day 6th of his creation He used ASAH. But only in one case, when God used both ASAH and BARA to create Adam, as Genesis 1:26-27 (Then God Said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So god created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them). This is only case God used both, because Adam was made of dust. So here he used ASAH. But when giving Soul and Spirit He used BARA. As Genesis 2:7, “The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being”. Here God used two verbs together.

 

After the end of each creation day, God expressed his feeling that it was good. But, after creating man he said ‘it was very good’. Because man was created as the image of God. So God was very-very happy with His creation of man.