The Suspense Builds

As we saw last time, the fifth day built upon the fourth day which built upon the third day's creation that in turn built upon the second day's work and that one built upon the first day's foundation. Now as our suspense builds to the ultimate creation, we again take up our reading.

And God (THE Creator) said (commanded), Let the earth (the firm land) bring forth (produce) the living (alive) creature (breathing creature) after his kind (species), cattle (literal translation: dumb beast), and creeping thing (literal translation: reptiles), and beast (alive/living thing) of the earth (firm land) after his kind (species): and it was so (it happened).
Here God commanded the earth: "Firm land, produce alive, breathing creatures sorted by species, dumb animals, reptiles and living things of the firm land sorted by species." And it did so. Something for your pondering: " There is no being verb in the Hebrew language therefore was in this verse as in the previous ones means 'exist'" Now put that thought with the fact that the Hebrew Scriptures record two words after the word 'species', those being 'exist' and 'uprightly/so'. 'It' is implied in this sentence making this sentence translated: "It existed uprightly" or "It existed so". How magnificent is our Creator who commands and it exists.

And God (God's self) made (made) the beast (alive things) of the earth (firm land) after his kind (species), and cattle (dumb beast) after their kind (species), and every thing (wholly) that creepeth (crawling) upon the earth (soil) after his kind (species): and God (the Creator) saw (perceived) that it was good (pleasing).
God, Himself, made alive things on the firm land according/sorted by species, dumb beasts sorted by species, and all (wholly) the soil's crawling things according to species, God joyfully perceived it pleasing.

Readers, notice that to date in the creation record, everything created so far was found pleasing to God. This is an important point to note for it tells us that, at this point, sin was not a part of the creation. Makes one think doesn't it? God, the perfect Creator, created a world perfectly. How wise is our God!?!

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