‘The sky and the earth’ means everything. God made the sky and the earth out of nothing. Before he did that, only God existed. ‘To create’ means to make something that is completely new. This chapter uses the word ‘create’ in only 3 verses. In verse 1, God created the sky and the earth. In verse 21... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ ABOUT GENESIS Many people think that Moses wrote Genesis. If he did, other people probably helped him. And if he did, he may have used some of the words of previous writers. The people who wrote Genesis wrote it in the ancient *Hebrew language. This lang... [ Continue Reading ]
God made light because it would be necessary later. Later, he made plants. Plants cannot grow if there is no light. Later, he made animals and men. They cannot see if there is no light.... [ Continue Reading ]
The story that is in this chapter has 6 parts. This verse is the end of the first part. Each part is called a day. Some people think that God made everything in 6 ordinary days. But the *Hebrew word for ‘day’ occasionally means an age. Some people think that God made everything in 6 long periods of... [ Continue Reading ]
The space is the sky or the atmosphere. The ‘waters above the space’ may be outer space. That is where the sun and the stars are. The ‘waters under the space’ are the seas. V9 After that God said, ‘Let the waters that are under the sky come together into one place. Let dry land appear.’ And it was... [ Continue Reading ]
The earth produced grass and plants and trees. But God controlled everything that happened. V14 After that, God said, ‘Let there be lights in the sky. Let them separate day and night. They will mark seasons and days and years. V15 And let these lights in the sky give light to the earth.’ And it was... [ Continue Reading ]
God had not yet made animals and people. Later, when he made them, they would need periods to be active and periods to rest. So God made the sun and the moon divide time into days and months and years. GOD CREATES ANIMALS V20 After that, God said, ‘Let the waters produce many living animals. And l... [ Continue Reading ]
God created animals. Animals were a new kind of living thing. They were quite different from plants. Animals have minds. Minds were a new kind of thing. Some of the animals lived in the sea. Some large animals lived in the sea. Some of the animals that God made were birds. V24 After that, God said,... [ Continue Reading ]
People are images of God. This does not mean that man’s body is like God. Man’s body is like an animal. But man’s spirit is like God. And so man can know God. God said, ‘Let us make people.’ He did not say, ‘I will make people.’ Perhaps he said ‘us’ because he is 3 persons. He is the Father and the... [ Continue Reading ]
God created people. To create means to make something that is completely new.... [ Continue Reading ]
God told people to rule over the earth and the sea and the birds and the animals. Therefore, we are responsible for the whole earth. We must look after it and we must take care of it. That is part of our duty to God. V29 God said, ‘Look. I have given to you every plant in the whole earth that produ... [ Continue Reading ]
God gave plants to people as food. Later, God gave animals to people as food too. (See Genesis 9:3.)... [ Continue Reading ]
Everything was truly very good. God himself said so. But after that time, evil things came into the world. The devil, who is called Satan, persuaded man and woman to do wrong things. (See Genesis 3:1-6.) HEBREW ~ the Hebrew people were Abraham and his descendants. The ancient Hebrew language is the... [ Continue Reading ]