Tag: creation
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Dust and Breath – Genesis 2:7
Genesis 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 are both telling the creation story, but they are doing it from two different angles. Chapter 1 gives us the wide…
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Three Heavens and a Watered World – Genesis 2:4-6
Genesis 2:4-6 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God…
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The Gift of Rest – Genesis 2:1-3
Genesis 2:1-3 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 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. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that…
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After Their Kind – Genesis 1:20-25
Genesis 1:20-25 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. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl…
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Life on the Third Day – Genesis 1:9-13
Genesis 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. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let…
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Under the Canopy – Genesis 1:6-8
Genesis 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. 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. And God called the…
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When God Moves Into the Ruin – Genesis 1:2
Genesis 1:2 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. That verse opens on a scene of wreckage. Everything feels shapeless, empty, and dark. The Hebrew phrase is tohuw va bohuw. It carries the…
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Where Everything Starts – Genesis 1:1
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. There is something refreshing about the way the Bible opens. No nervous explanation. No apology. No long attempt to win over the skeptic before it says what it wants to say. It just opens the door and lets the truth stand there. In…
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Background to Genesis
The word genesis means beginning. That makes Genesis a fitting title for the first book of the Bible, because its pages take us back to the beginning of everything. Here we read of the beginning of creation, man, sin, family, culture, and industry. In one way or another, Genesis opens the door to nearly every major theme that…
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When the Sea Dies – Revelation 16:3
Revelation 16:3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea and it became as the blood of a dead man and every living soul died in the sea. This second bowl is staggering. The sea, which men have always looked to for food, trade, beauty, travel, and life, is struck so severely…
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Made for His Pleasure – Revelation 4:10-11
Revelation 4:10-11“The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they…
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What You See Came From What You Couldn’t See – Hebrews 11:3
Hebrews 11:3 Through faith 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. Hebrews does not begin the story of faith with a small example. It begins with creation. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed…
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Where God’s Grace Is Seen — 2 Timothy 1:10
2 Timothy 1:10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. Paul says something profound here. The grace of God has now been made manifest through the appearing of Jesus Christ. People often say they…