Scripture to Read: Genesis 1:4-31
We know, or we should know, that creation had a precise order and structure. The idea that creation came to exist merely by random events is simply not logical. The first three days of creation were foundational for sustaining everything that would be created the last three days. As we saw yesterday, on Day 1 God created light. We do not know what the light was; all we know is that it was light. The light God created separated the day from the night and God used it to designate the first three days of creation. Some speculate on what the light might have been, but God does not tell us, so no one really knows. In the first three days of creation, we know that God's light was not the sun because God created the sun on Day 4. God also created, on Day 4, the moon, the planets, and the stars, so they were not created the first three days of God's creation yet. Those who do not believe in a literal seven days of creation absolutely tear down the rest of Scripture. One of the most important reasons to believe in a literal seven days is that there could not have been any death before Adam's sin. Sin was brought into the world through Adam's disobedience to God and sin brought death. God makes this clear in 1 Corinthians 15:21, For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. The first “man” is Adam, and the second “Man” is Christ. Life is only found in Christ.
Challenge & Application
1. What did God teach you today about His creation and about death and life in this world?
2. How has what you learned today changed the way you see the devastation of sin in this world and this world’s need for Christ?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!