Days of Creation

 

Genesis is properly described as the book of beginnings. As we study the days of creation, we will see how everything was done decently and in order (I Corinthians 14:40). First, God formed the heaven and the earth; and then God filled them with life.

Day 1: Genesis 1:1-5

What does the word ‘create’ mean? To cause something to exist.

What did God create on the first day? Light.

How could there be light when the light-bearers were not created until day four of creation? Let’s dig deeper into God’s Word, according to I John 1:5, who is light? God is light.

Have you ever stopped to think why God divided the light from the darkness? God commanded the light to shine out of darkness (2 Corinthians 4:6) for what communion hath light with darkness (2 Corinthians 6:14). God’s people should walk in the light (I John 1:6-7).

God divided the light from the darkness by giving them distinguishing names – Day and Night. We should acknowledge God as we work for him every day and as we rest in him every night. As God’s people, we should meditate on his Word day and night (Psalm 1:2). Why? Because his Word is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path (Psalm 119:105).

Day 2: Genesis 1:6-8

What did God create on the second day of creation? Firmament.

What did God call the firmament? Heaven.

God divided the waters so that there would be water and air. The water cycle describes how water evaporates from the surface of the earth, rises into the atmosphere, cools and condenses into rain or snow in clouds, and falls again to the surface of the earth as precipitation.

Day 3: Genesis 1:9-13

What did God create on the third day of creation? Land.

What did God call the land? Earth.

Day 4: Genesis 1:14-19

What did God create on the fourth day of creation? Lights in the firmament.

Why did God create the sun, moon, and stars? For signs and seasons.

Day 5: Genesis 1:20-23

What did God create on the fifth day of creation? Great whales, and every living creature in the water, and every winged fowl.

Day 6: Genesis 1:24-31

What did God create on the sixth day of creation? Living creatures after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth; and man.

God told man to “have dominion” over the earth. What does this mean? Man was given the responsibility to take care of the earth that God had created.

Day 7: Genesis 2:1-3

What did God do on the seventh day of creation? God rested.

Each day of creation was made decently and in order. Light had to come out of darkness, to show us our Creator. The firmament had to be created for the sea creatures and flying creatures. Land had to be created for cattle and man. God formed the heaven and the earth so he could fill them with life. How great is our God!

Happy Homeschooling!