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The power of God.... And it was so.
Before I go on to explain day 2 of creation. I need to make clear the power of God to create. Some people think that "God just did it". What is not realized is that God actually shows where He had to intervene with His power to achieve something in creation that was not going to happen naturally. This page will discuss this so that it is better understood exactly where this took place, so we don't try to explain things that are "God only knows" subjects. For to try and explain something scientifically that happened spiritually would be a waste of time. Because science is an explanation of the natural, not the spiritual.
There are some who hate the God did it phrase. What does God have to say about this?
| 2tim 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. |
When ever God says: "and it was so" in the creation. This is an actual explanation that it could "not be so" until God made it so. So here are a list of the verses in creation that contain the phrase: And it was so.
| gen 1:7 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. |
| gen 1:9 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. |
| gen 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, And the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: And it was so. |
| gen 1:15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: And it was so. |
| gen 1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, And creeping thing, And beast of the earth after his kind: And it was so. |
| gen 1:30 And to every beast of the earth, And to every fowl of the air, And to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: And it was so. |
So we see that Genesis 1:7, 9, 11, 15, 24, and 30 could not happen naturally without the intervention of God.
The three types of creation....
The difference between "said" creation, "made" creation and object commanded creation (a bring forth type of creation).
| Said = a spiritual creation by God's divine power to speak creation. Such as speaking something into existence from nothing. A verbal command. A commandment creation. |
| Made = a creation that is formed. A creation that is formed into it's final form after being spoken into existence. |
| Object commanded creation = is where an object that is already created, is commanded to bring forth life. |
If you do a word search on each word, you will notice that neither "said" or "made" are ever used in the same verse. This is because each one is a reference to a different type of creation.
God speaking creation is God creating from nothing. When God made something, He was working with what He had already spoke into existence. So speaking creation creates the material, made creation, forms the material.
Example: First God spoke the firmament into being: Genesis 1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Then in the very next verse He now forms what He has spoke into creation: Genesis 1:7 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.
Another example: First God speaks creation, then he made creation: 14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Another example: 24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
So can these two type of creation be backed up?
Genesis 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Created and made are two different types of creation.
Then there is a third type of creation.
A creation that is fully formed and does not need to be made. It is a bring forth from what is already there, type of creation.
Genesis 1:11-12
11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. |
A third type of creation where God commanded what was already created (the earth), to bring forth life from it self fully formed. The word made is not used here.
Another example:
Genesis 1:20 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.
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. |
So in the first example, the earth brought forth what God commanded it to.
The second example, The water brought forth what God had commanded.
So in the third type of creation, we have God commanding what was already there to bring forth life.
We can also add to the number three all of these things:
We have three types of heavens.
We have three types of creations.
The trinity.
Three days resurrection.
In Biblical Numerology, the number three also has meaning that fits all of the above.
| 1) In physical creation, measurements are in three dimensions. Length, breadth (width), and thickness. These are required to make a solid, And therefore represent a complete creation of what was solid or physical. |
| 2) This solidity and completeness suggest the triune God, Hence three denotes Divine testimony or manifestation. This manifestation is sometimes in resurrection of things moral, physical, and spiritual. |
| 3) The number three is also one of the most commonly used number in scripture, next to the number seven. |
| 4) There are three great all-embracing attributes of God, omniscience, omnipotence, and omnipresence. |
| 5) Even the whole cycle of time is in three complete divisions, past, present, and future. |
| 6) Water, which is essential to life is found in three forms on this planet. Solid, liquid, and gas. |
There is more to the number three, but these are the examples that have to do with creation.
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