Genesis 1:1-31
God Creates the Heavens and Earth
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault “sky. ”And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. 16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” 21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.” 23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.
24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27 So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
There are different movies that are about searching for other life on other planets throughout the universe...And in this searches they are almost without fail looking for a pattern or design that will hear or see something that would represent there is life out in the universe somewhere...And this something seem or heard would be pattern-like...Randomness does not represent life to these authors and these people who look for such things...Randomness means more of nothing and life is not considered around the random patterns of cosmic noise that they might be listening to or gazing at...
When I think about the earth and these things that people are looking for and to find like life on other planets, I think about our patterned and designed planet...We have trees, plants, grass, bushes, plants, birds, fish and sea creatures, animals -all living things...Then I think of creation...I think of Genesis and its creation story that where God and His Spirit were hovering over the waters...And at this time, before creation, the earth was formless and empty, and darkness existed over the surface of the deep waters...And for me this darkness represented chaos, and non-life, and a randomness of sorts...There was no life and no patterns and no design before God began to created the heavens and earth...And in the life that God created patterns and designs exist...
When God spoke the earth to life, He made it with many patterns and designs…God made the earth out of His Divine Plan and one might call it a Divine Design…And as we look at creation we can see symmetry, the design, its patterns, many types of living things, and we see intelligence…We see intelligence in patterns and designs...We do not see intelligence in randomness...The earth is optimally designed, circular, colorful, and symmetry...God seems to LOVE circles, design, patterns, and color...And God LOVES life...This is one of the reasons He created the heavens and the earth...
As man builds things and looks at and reflects on its end result, and all the designs that we as man have came up and come up with over the years –do we give God enough credit for placing these ideas of design and pattern in our minds that come from His creation, that are all a part of His wonderful, marvelous creation?…