Genesis 1:1-31
God Creates the Living Creatures
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 an expanse between the waters to separate water from water." 7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the expanse "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 expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse 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 expanse 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 expanse of the sky." 21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, 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: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and 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 man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."
27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
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 of the sea and the birds of the air 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 of the air and all the creatures that move on 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.
In the beginning God created the heavens and earth out of nothing...God created everything...The first four days He creates light, darkness, the seas, the oceans, the sky, evening, and the plants...On the filth and six days, God creates fish, fowl, all the other animal creatures, and and then man and woman...
God creates the plants and animals, according to their kind...Every plant and animal specie were created by the LORD...God is the source and cause of All living things...
Man was the last (actually Eve is the very last) of all creatures to be created...God created Adam and Eve on the sixth day and in His own image...God blessed Adam and Eve and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number, fill the earth and subdue it"...God has provided us animals, minerals, trees, plants, the sun, and the rain for man...He wants us to improve our lives, with the things and resources around us...God blessed and has told us to subdue the earth...He has entrusted us to be stewards of the earth...With this comes the sense of being responsible for using everything He has give us responsible and without waste and harm to others and to the earth itself...
God gave us consistency, morals, order, logic, design, and truth...The sun consistently comes up everyday...Did the sun, man, the plants, cells, dogs, cats, and animals, all happen by chance???...How did man come into being???...Did just specifically man with cells, DNA, proteins, etc. happen randomly...
Now we have two choices to believe in after the creation...We can either believe that God created the heavens, the earth, and everything on it, or we can believe something else happened by a a blind random chance and that is how we are here...
As you look around everyday, to the beautiful seasons, the beautiful plants and animals (and the not so beautiful ones, also) ask yourself, could this all be by chance...Did our complex DNA structure, with all our cells and proteins, happen by random chance???...Or did this happen by One Great Organizer, by design, by the Great Designer???...
Man cannot create out of nothing...But all of creation was created out of nothing...
God has created life and has given His creation a book called the Bible...The Bible is the word of God...God's Word is Truth...