The Bricklayer Builds

As we witness the beginning of this earth, we have seen a being existing before time willing into existence time and the heavens and the earth from nothing. For the finale to the first day, He commands that there be light. The next day continues with His grand creation of an expanse running horizontally between two bodies of water and He names the expanse 'heaven'. Now we rise to a new day, the third day of creation.

God continues to lay the foundation of the habitation He planned the greatest of His creations which He planned - man. We pick up in verse 9 of Genesis chapter 1.

And God said (commanded), "Let the waters (remember from v. 2 that the waters covered the entire earth) under (not above) the heaven (the expanse) be gathered together (bound or collected) unto one place, and let the dry land (dry earth not mud) appear (be seen): and it was so (it happened). Notice here that when God tells something to happen, it does. Not only does it happen, it does it instantly with no arguing. Example for us, do you suppose?

The third day of creation is not over yet. Observe. And God called (named) the dry land Earth (firm land); and the gathering together(collection) of the waters called (named) he Seas (seas): and God saw that it was good (it pleased God in its completeness or perfectness). When God makes something, it is perfect or complete and pleasing. All I ever make are complete messes.
And God said (commanded), Let the earth (firm land) bring forth (produce) grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind (species), whose seed (offspring) is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so (it happened). Which came first, the seed or the grass?
And the earth (firm land) brought (did as it was told) forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind (species), and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind (species): and God saw that it was good (it pleased God in its completeness or perfectness).
And the evening and the morning were the third day (The end of the third day).

Another busy day as our God builds the habitation for man, adding two more blocks to the foundation. We see firm land and grass, herbs that produce its own seed, and fruit trees that produce their own seed. A very important fact that we should not over look is that these all produced seed or offspring according to itself. The offspring looked like its parent (for lack of a
better word). In other words, grass did not produce fruit trees, neither did fruit trees produce herbs. We also witness the instantaneous obedience of the creation to the will of the Creator as we read the phrase "it was so". God, being our Creator, has the right of our, the created, immediate obedience. More on that topic later, I promise. Final thought on this passage: Not only does God command and it happens but it is perfect/complete and pleasing. Watch the sun rise some morning and say that it is not beautiful. How magnificent is our God!?!

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