Standing on the 45th floor, with the magnificient seaview and the full horizon in sight, the word of God manifested its flesh right before my eyes.
"Then God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear": and it was so."
Scientist said the age of the earth is in its millions. I do not believe it as first, thinking the earth would be the most 6000+ years old. But after reading the bible, why not? God created the whole world in 6 days. 1 day in heaven is 1000 days on earth. Which means to say, the earth would be at least 6000-year old before God rested on the 7th day.
Think:
1. God created the greenery.
Gen 1:11 "Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth";
vs12 and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind. And God saw that it was good."
But the earth was not populated with trees and grass (according to its kind) at once. Because it says "the herb that yield seed grow according to its kind... whose seed is in itself, on the earth." God always start with a seed.
vs11 - God did the planting, the sowing. vs12 - His words was manifested into flesh.
So vs11 and vs12 is a 1000-day?
2. Gen 1: 21-25 "So God created great sea creatures and every little living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on earth." So the evening and the morning were the fifth day. Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind; cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth accodring to its kind. And God saw that it was good."
God has created the animals in pair - male and female. (Thats how God re-multiply the earth again after Noah's Ark. He asked Noah to gather two animals of each kind - male and female, so that the earth can be populated again) If God has created a hundreds or thousands of animals at one shot, then God would not say to the animals "be fruitful and multiply" (vs22). Whats there to multiply if there were already so many of them? yea.. you may argue that multiply into even more many animals.. but think...
3. God only created 2 persons in the Garden of Eden - Adam and Eve, Male and Female. This is how He started the human race. He also said to them "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." (Gen1:28) You get my point? God did not create half of the human generation in advance. So... if God created hundreds of animals all at one go, Adam and Eve and their decendants would not be able to finish them for hundreds and thousands of years! yea, God is a God of abundance. We wont be able to finish up all the animals on earth. But my point is, God is a God of balance also.. so His abandance comes when He created the animals before man, so that animals can multiply first before man come and consume them, at the same time balancing the population between man and animals. If God were to create man first, then i think man would be vegetarian liao. haha
What i shared here is only 'Thus says Lin..", not "thus says the Lord.." k.. so above has no concrete prove. Just my little inspiration as i was reading the bible. Please correct me if i am wrong. Lets discuss if you have the time. =)
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Gen 2:9 - And out of the ground the LORD God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Man was made "innocent". Man was created not to know evil, but good. I think thats why a defandant can be set free when he was proven innocent. Jesus was innocent of all sins, thats why He pleased His Father.
Be innocent for Christ!
