Transcript Slide 1

The Days of Creation
DAY ONE OF CREATION
Gen. 1:1-5, “In the beginning God created the
heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without
form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the
deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of
the waters. 3 And God SAID, Let there be light: and
there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was
good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness
he called Night. And the evening and the morning
were the FIRST DAY.”
Fact: This is not the sunlight “upon the earth” of
DAY FOUR.
DAY ONE OF CREATION
The sunlight “upon the earth” of DAY FOUR
Verses 14-19, “And God SAID, Let there be lights in
the firmament (Day 2, jhb) of the heaven to divide
the day from the night…15 And let them be for
lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light
upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And 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. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the
heaven to give light upon the earth...”
The earth [Gen. 1:1 (Day 1)] was created before the
sun and stars [Gen. 1:16 (Day 4)].
DAY TWO OF CREATION
Gen. 1:6-8, “And God SAID, Let there be a
firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it
divide the waters from the waters. 7 And 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. 8 And God
called the *firmament Heaven. And the evening and
the morning were the SECOND DAY.”
Cf. Job 37:18; Psa. 136:5; Jer. 10:12; 51:15
*Firmament: “The expanse of the heavens; sky.”
[New Illustrated Webster’s Dictionary (p. 366)].
DAY TWO OF CREATION
Note: God created the separation between the
clouds, which are in the higher regions of the
firmament, from the seas which are below it (i.e.
He created the atmosphere). Cf. I Cor. 10:1-2
*There are 3 heavens: The atmosphere [Gen. 1:68 (the first heaven); Day 2]; The outer atmosphere
[Gen. 1:14-19 (the second heaven); Day 4] and
the third heaven [II Cor. 12:2 (the throne of God),
Isa. 66:1; Mt. 5:34; 23:22; Acts 7:49].
DAY THREE OF CREATION
Gen. 1:9-13, “And God SAID, Let the waters under the
heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let
the dry land appear: and it was so. 10 And God
called the dry land Earth; and the gathering
together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw
that it was good. 11 And God SAID, Let the earth bring
forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree
yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself,
upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought
forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and
the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after
his kind: and God saw that it was good. 13 And the
evening and the morning were the THIRD DAY.”
DAY THREE OF CREATION
Fact: Plants must have sunlight in order to
produce their food through the process of
photosynthesis.
In Gen. 1:16-17 we read that the Sun was not
created until Day 4, “to give light upon the earth.” If
each day took millions of years, how did those
plants (Day 3) survive?
Fact: If insects and birds (Days 5 & 6) were
created eons of time after plants (Day 3),
pollination would have been impossible.
DAY FOUR OF CREATION
Gen. 1:14-19, “And God SAID, Let there be lights
in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day
from the night; and let them be for signs, and for
seasons, and for days, and years: 15 And let them
be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give
light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And 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. 17 And God set them in the
firmament of the heaven to give light upon the
earth, 18 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. 19 And the evening and
the morning were the FOURTH DAY.”
Cf. Psa. 74:16; 104:19; 136:5-9
DAY FOUR OF CREATION
Firmament: “The expanse of the heavens;
sky.” [New Illustrated Webster’s Dictionary (p. 366)].
Since these days were divided,
into “evening” and “morning” is
it reasonable to assume that the
sun came up but did not go
down for a few million years?
How would that affect plant
life?
DAY FIVE OF CREATION
Gen. 1:20-23, “And God SAID, Let the waters bring
forth abundantly the moving creature that hath
life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the
open firmament of heaven. 21 And God created
great whales, and every living creature that
moveth, which the waters brought forth
abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl
after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 22 And
God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply,
and FILL THE WATERS in the seas, and LET
FOWL MULTIPLY in the earth. 23 And the evening
and the morning were the FIFTH DAY.”
Fact: The Bible teaches that birds [1:20 (Day 5)]
were created before insects [1:24 (Day 6)].
DAY FIVE OF CREATION
Fact: Many birds survive primarily upon insects.
If these days took eons of time, how did those
insect-eating birds survive for millions of years?
Fact: The Bible teaches that land plants [1:11
(Day 3)] preceded marine life [1:20 (Day 5)].
The theory of evolution demands that marine life
appeared before dry land plants. Once again, this
is a major problem with “evolution.”
DAY SIX OF CREATION
Gen. 1:24-31, “And God SAID, Let the earth
bring forth the living creature after his kind...25
And God made THE BEAST of the earth after his
kind, and CATTLE after their kind, and EVERY
THING THAT CREEPETH upon the earth after
his kind: and God saw that it was good. 26 And
God SAID, Let us MAKE MAN in our image, after
our likeness: and let them have dominion ... 27
So God created MAN in his own image, in the
image of God created he him; MALE and
FEMALE created he them…31 And God saw
every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was
very good. And the evening and the morning
were the SIXTH DAY.”
DAY SIX OF CREATION
Fact: Adam lived through Day 6 & Day 7.
Question: How old would Adam have been if
the days were millions of years long?
(Cf. Methuselah, Gen. 5:27)
Cp. w. Gen. 5:5, “And all the days that Adam
lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and
he died.”
MAN’S CREATION – DAY 6
“In the beginning”
(Genesis 1)
Cf. Mt. 19:4, 8, “…Have ye not read, that he
which made them at the beginning made them
MALE and FEMALE … 8 He saith unto them,
Moses because of the hardness of your hearts
suffered you to put away your wives: but from the
beginning it was not so.”
Cf. Mk. 10:6, “from the beginning of the creation
God made them MALE and FEMALE.”
MAN’S CREATION – DAY 6
Fact: Man was not made at the end of creation, they
were made at (from) the beginning.
Fact: Jesus spoke of “the blood of all the prophets,
which was shed from THE FOUNDATION of the
world” (Lk. 11:50-51). Then, he named “Abel” as the
first “unto the blood of Zacharias.”
It is easy to understand how the events of the sixth
day of a 144-hour week might be viewed as “the
beginning;” but if 15-20 million years elapsed (after the
“big bang”) before man was created, would he have
existed at “the beginning”?
THE SEVENTH DAY OF REST
Gen. 2:1-3, “Thus the heavens and the earth were
finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the
seventh DAY God ended his work which he had
made; and he rested on the seventh DAY from all
his work which he had made. 3 And God blessed
the seventh DAY, and sanctified it: because that
in it he had rested from all his work which God
created and made.”
Was the “Sabbath Day” a 24 Hour Day or
“eons of time”?
THE SEVENTH DAY OF REST
Cf. Ex. 20:11, “For in six days the LORD made
heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is,
and rested the seventh day: wherefore the
LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed
it.”
Cf. Ex. 31:17, “It is a sign between me and the
children of Israel forever: for in six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day
he rested, and was refreshed.”
What is the best way to relate to the
comparison?
EACH DAY (“YOM”)
Gen. 1:5
“the evening & the morning were the FIRST DAY”
Gen. 1:8
“the evening & the morning were the SECOND DAY”
Gen. 1:13
“the evening & the morning were the THIRD DAY”
Gen. 1:19
“the evening & the morning were the FOURTH DAY”
Gen. 1:23
“the evening & the morning were the FIFTH DAY”
Gen. 1:31
“the evening & the morning were the SIXTH DAY”
EACH DAY (“YOM”)
Fact: “Yom” is used in different ways in the O.T. –
But when used with “evening” and “morning” it
always means 24 hours!
Fact: Other words could have been used for “long
ages”:
1) “Yamim” pl. of Yom (i.e. “days of evening
and morning.”)
2) “Olam” which means “a time hidden,
indefinite, or unlimited”
(B. Davidson, Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon 601).
THE BIG BANG OF CREATION
DAY 1, “God SAID / and there was light.”
DAY 2, “God SAID / and it was so.”
DAY 3, “God SAID / and it was so.”
DAY 4, “God SAID / and it was so.”
DAY 5, “God SAID / and it was good.”
DAY 6, “God SAID / And God saw every thing
that he had made, and, behold, it was very
good.” Cf. Psa. 33:9
THE BIG BANG OF CREATION
Psa. 148:4-5, “PRAISE HIM, ye heavens of
heavens, and ye waters that be above the
heavens. 5 Let them PRAISE the name of the
LORD: for HE COMMANDED, and they were
CREATED.”
Isa. 48:3, “I HAVE DECLARED the former
things from the beginning; and they went forth
out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did
them SUDDENLY, and they came to pass.”
A MATTER OF CREDIBILITY
“Upholding All Things by The Word of His Power”
Heb.11:3, “Through faith (Rom. 10:17) we understand
that the worlds were FRAMED by THE WORD OF
GOD, so that things which are SEEN were not MADE
of things which do APPEAR.” Cf. v. 6
Fact: The words “framed” and “made” are perfect
tense verbs, indicating a past act with existing results.
On the other hand, the words “seen” and “appear” are
present tense and mean just exactly as translated.
Fact: God spoke His word and the heavens and the
earth were formed, framed, and fashioned.
A MATTER OF CREDIBILITY
Cf. Jn. 1:1-3, “In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God…3 All things were MADE BY HIM; and
WITHOUT HIM was not ANY THING MADE that
was MADE.”
Cf. Rom. 1:20, “For the invisible things of him
from the creation of the world are clearly
SEEN, being understood by the things that are
MADE, even his eternal power and Godhead;
so that they are without excuse.” Cf. Eph. 3:20
Does that sound like evolution (theistic or
otherwise)?
THE POWER OF HIS WORD
Psa. 33:6-9, “By THE WORD OF THE LORD were
the heavens MADE; and all the host of them by the
breath of his mouth...9 For he spake, and it was
DONE; he commanded, and it STOOD FAST.”
Cf. II Pet. 3:5-7, “For this they willingly are ignorant
of, that by THE WORD OF GOD THE HEAVENS
were of old, and THE EARTH standing out of the
water and in the water: 6 Whereby the world that
then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7
But THE HEAVENS and THE EARTH, which are
now, by THE SAME WORD are kept in store,
reserved unto fire against the day of judgment
and perdition of ungodly men.”
I Thess. 4:16, “For the Lord himself shall descend
from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the
archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in
Christ shall rise first.”
I Cor. 15:51-52, “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We
shall not all sleep, but we shall ALL BE CHANGED,
52 In A MOMENT, in THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE,
at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and
the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall
BE CHANGED.”
I Cor. 15:51-52, “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We
shall not all sleep, but we shall ALL BE CHANGED,
52 In A MOMENT, in THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE,
at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and
the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall
BE CHANGED.”