Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
See All... Beginning of Creation

• “Beginning” – sometime in eternity past (unknown)
• “God” – Author of all creation
• “Created” – Out of nothing made He something
• “The Heaven” – Not a Heaven, but the Heaven (cf. the Earth).
• This is the 3rd Heaven, or an abode. The word “heaven” in Hebrew can be either singular or plural. In the Old KJV the word is preserved singular. In all other corrupt versions the word is plural.

Three Heavens in Scripture

• 1st Heaven – atmosphere around earth
• 2nd Heaven – space that contains planets and stars
• 3rd Heaven – Abode of God (created by God)

“The Earth” – this planet specifically. There are no other earths. We do not know anything about the topographical setting, but apparently there was much water. The earth was not haphazardly thrown together, but supernaturally weighed, measured and balanced – not without form, cf. Isaiah 40:12Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
See All.... (Thus God creates a place for Himself, the Creator, and a place for His creations.)

Did God create the earth in some incomplete or nebulous form or fashion and then had to rework or modify it for it to be a “formed” earth? In everything God created, He did not use any kind of process whether short or long. God created the trees, plants, fish, fowl, animals, and man in what we may term “apparent age.” In other words, everything was created not only full-size and shape but perfect in design.

The words “without form” and “void” do not follow the creative continuity of size, shape and perfection, if we assume God followed a consistent pattern of creation (which I believe He did). However, to believe in a pre-Adamic earth whereby a watery Judgment was pronounced would be a more reasonable approach, as continuity in creation would then be consistent. By this, we would assume in Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
See All... that the earth in the beginning was created in perfect form and size.

Job 38:4-7 [4] Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. [5] Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? [6] Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; [7] When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
See All... indicates angelic beings before the foundation of the Earth or before men (no speculation of any animal life can be made concerning this Pre-Adamic earth – the closest is Jeremiah 4:25I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
See All...). Hence, fossils are not from this era but rather are from the animals created during the six 24-hour days.

Purpose of Original Earth (Ezekiel 28:14-17 [14] Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. [15] Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. [16] By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. [17] Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
See All...) (Isaiah 14:12-17 [12] How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! [13] For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: [14] I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. [15] Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. [16] They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; [17] That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
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• Lucifer sins – loses position in Heaven and is cast out
• Causes chaos on Earth (desires to run the show – good and bad angel battle?)

Genesis 1:2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
See All... Judgment for Sin (Jeremiah 4:23I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
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Water Prison for Angels

It appears that for some reason God chose water to imprison and judge angels. Consider the following verses:

1. Genesis 1:2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
   See All... – Darkness upon the face of the deep (chaotic, watery grave of the Pre-Adamic earth)
2. Matthew 8:26-27 [26] And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. [27] But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
   See All... – Jesus rebukes the sea (as He did the devils)
3. Matthew 8:32And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
   See All... – Swine with fallen angels perish in sea – why did they head in that direction? The Lord tricked them and imprisoned the devils or fallen angels.
4. 2 Peter 2:4For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
   See All... – chains of darkness
5. Jude 6 – chains under darkness
6. Revelation 9:14Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
   See All... – Angels bound in Euphrates (watery prison)
7. Revelation 20:13And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
   See All... – Sea gave up its dead (this is different from the resurrected dead)
8. Revelation 21:1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
   See All... – No more sea (Lucifer and his crowd are now in the Lake of Fire – no more need for a watery prison)

Note: The terms “without form and void” cannot be taken as a process of creation without destroying the continuity of the following 24-hour days. When God created, He spoke the Word and it was done. To inject any form of progressive creation fuels the fire for theistic evolutionists. Besides, when did Isaiah 14:17That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
See All... occur? When did the Devil make the world a wilderness and destroy its cities? If not Pre-Adamic earth, then when?

God makes a partial end to earth (which blocks angelic warfare). Heaven black – Earth void (a watery blob). Cities destroyed – (no pointless word studies of “was” will be presented).

Genesis 1:3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
See All... – Re-creation Begins (or Creation continues)

• A restructuring for a new life (everything to be designed for planet earth)
• Light made to dominate darkness (the potential) – through light energy
• Darkness of Judgment still present

Genesis 1:4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
See All... – Natural Law established

• Light separated from darkness (the action)
• No diffusion (made functional for future man)
• (No sun, moon, stars yet)

Genesis 1:5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
See All... – First Day (of six 24-hour creative days)

• Earth set on axis
• Rotation established
• Time begins (no sun yet to rule the day…)
• (The earth still at this point is a watery grave)
• Evening and morning denote a rotational time period even without the sun

Genesis 1:6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
See All... – Beginning of surface normalization

• “Let” – God directs this happening
• “Firmament” – a space (or spanse) to remove some of the waters of Judgment from Earth
• Half of the water is divided from itself

Genesis 1:7And 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.
See All... – “Made” – God now makes this space which separates the water into two vast bodies

• “Under,” “Above” – Direction of the division given is one body of water above the other. The one body of water on the earth still covering the land – the other body hurled or dissipated above the earth (cf. Psalm 148:4Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
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Genesis 1:8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
See All... – “Heaven” – which one? In Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
See All... the 3rd Heaven was made.

• (As God always was, He made an abode for His throne and Heavenly tabernacle so as to relate to man – (future) – the infinite with the finite. Here is definitely the 2nd Heaven where the planets and stars will be placed (cf. Genesis 1:14-17 [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. [17] And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
  See All...). This Heaven is not the atmosphere – though could include it. Thus the waters above do not produce any canopy effect on the earth, as the waters are beyond the second Heaven.
• “Second Day” – evening and morning are terms of Time denoting a 24-hour day. We have Time without the sun or moon or planets.

Genesis 1:9And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
See All... – “waters…gathered”

• God spoke and, without the moon or tides, caused the waters over the earth to gather together unto one place (One sea – one land).
• “Dry land” – One land mass now emerges from the watery grave (one huge island).

Genesis 1:10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
See All... – Identification and Distinction

• “Dry land” – called earth (one land mass)
• “waters” – called seas (one body water – many seas)

Genesis 1:11And 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.
See All... – “Grass, Herbs,” “fruit tree”

• Adam was created in “apparent age” (or full grown). Here we have a supernatural act of God that produced in one 24-hour day full-grown grass, herbs, and trees.

Genesis 1:12And 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.
See All... – Results of Genesis 1:11And 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.
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• The herbs are already producing seeds.
• The trees are already producing fruit (with seeds).
• The vegetable kingdom is in full process – no sun yet, but full-grown vegetation can easily survive for 24 hours without sunlight; besides, God is in control.

Genesis 1:13And the evening and the morning were the third day.
See All... – “Third Day”

• Evening and morning denote specific time period.
• Note: Evening always mentioned before morning, as Hebrew day starts at 6:00
  See All... P.M. (Man comes out of darkness into light).

Genesis 1:14And 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:
See All... – “lights”

• Includes all the celestial hosts of space “in the firmament” – the dividing space of the waters (verse 7)
• “of the heaven” – not a redundant term, but a firmament (or heaven – 2nd) of the heaven (3rd) cf. Psalm 19:1The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
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• “signs,” “seasons,” “days,” “years” – magnetic and gravitational forces enacted, tides, etc. Accurate orbiting established. Specific entities to index perpetual time.
• Note: Five elements necessary for creation are… (1) Time (2) Space (3) Matter (4) Force (5) Motion

Genesis 1:15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
See All... – “be for... the earth”

• All heavenly bodies made for the earth – the earth is the center of all activities of space.

Genesis 1:16And 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.
See All... – “God made”

• Some think that this is not a creative act, but that the sun and moon pre-existed at some other time and were simply allowed to reappear. First, this would break the continuity of these creative days; and verse 25 and verse 26 vividly indicate that when God made something, He created it.
• “greater light” – sun created (ruler of the day) – the Master light
• “Lesser light” – moon created (ruler of the night) – reflects light from the Master light
• No Power of light of its own
• When Sun is not present (night), the moon rules.
• (When Jesus [the true light] left for Heaven, we, the lesser lights, are supposed to reflect the greater light [Jesus].)
• “stars” – all heavenly bodies now made (for the earth)

Genesis 1:17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
See All... – “set” – All heavenly bodies set in precision

• Not accidental, not a process, they are deliberately set!
• If sun and moon were in Pre-Adamic Earth, they would not have to be “set” – they would already be in position.
• All are below the third heaven and above the first heaven.
• “earth” – the earth is special, the center of attention of all other planets and stars. All planetary bodies are built around and for the earth.

Genesis 1:18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
See All... – “rule,” “divide”

• All celestial bodies not only focus to the earth for the purpose of time, but also now manifest the division of darkness to light with respect to the earth. Also, these bodies perfectly complement the earth’s orbit and revolving of its axis – a perfect planetary timepiece!

Genesis 1:19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
See All... – “Fourth Day”

• Another 24-hour period – God’s creative acts are being performed in relation to the earth and its time frame (the sun appeared on the 4th day and the Son appeared on the 4th millennial day).

Genesis 1:20And 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.
See All... – “Let”

• Great care must be taken in the use of the word “let.” The evolutionist or theistic evolutionist claims that this is an allowed process and that life originally came from the sea. The words “God said,” “abundantly,” indicate within the context of a 24-hour period that by God’s spoken Word, an abundance of certain creatures and birds were brought into existence (the word “let” simply denotes the creative Word of God spoken).
• “Open firmament” – this is the first mention of atmosphere or the first heaven. It is “open” for birds to fly in as opposed to the second heaven being closed for flying. The term “open” is not arbitrary, but distinctive.
• “of heaven” – Again, “heaven” is not redundant with firmament, but refers to the second heaven, which oftimes include the first heaven (see verse 8). In other words, the birds can fly in the open air space (1st heaven) of the second heaven.

Genesis 1:21And 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.
See All... – “created”

• All water life created (from guppy to 300,000 lb. whale)
• All winged fowl created
• “After their kind” – winged fowl didn’t evolve from sea life. Birds begat birds, fish begat fish.
• Note: Birds are created only after land appears.

Three Laws of the Universe (Unchangeable)

• Energy can change forms but cannot be created or destroyed; hence, the sun total is constant.

• Energy is transformed from one form to another; and some is turned into heat energy, which cannot be changed back into useful forms. Thus any particular system runs down or is in a state of deterioration.

• Life produces similar life – cats produce cats and horses produce horses, etc. (cf. 1 Corinthians 15:39All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
  See All...).

Genesis 1:22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
See All... – “Be fruitful”

• Procreation initiated (reproduce its kind)
• No further creative acts of fish or fowl

Genesis 1:23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
See All... – “Fifth Day”

• Another 24-hour day of creation
• Fish have seas as their home
• Fowl have land to build nests

Genesis 1:24And 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.
See All... – “Let the earth”

• This phrase is not a process set in motion over a period of time, but a creative act (cf. verse 25).
• “living creature,” “beast”
• All earth animals from lizards to rats to the monstrous dinosaurs – each allowed to reproduce within the boundaries of its kind.
• Where did the dinosaurs come from? They were created by God. What happened that caused their extinction? Here’s a possibility: Certain animal life will continue to grow under special conditions and assuming their lifespan is extended. Before the flood, the lifespan of man and probably animals was much greater than that after the flood. These great creatures over hundreds of years grew to enormous size and were free to roam the earth. The flood destroyed many, and after the flood their lifespan and size were “shrunk.” Being smaller in size, it is probable that they were more easily susceptible to their enemies – both animals and man. Of course, if man is allowed to “do his thing,” many more species of animal life would be extinct.
• Then again, depending on how one would establish the time frame of Isaiah 27:1In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
  See All..., God, Himself (for the sake of man), chose to destroy Leviathan (and perhaps its species). Anyway, it is interesting to speculate on certain non-doctrinal issues.

Genesis 1:25And 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.
See All... – “made”

• Definite creative act
• Keep in mind that all the land animals, including the dinosaurs, ate vegetation. There were no flesh-eaters before the fall. This state will return during the millennial period (cf. Isaiah 11:6The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
  See All...) when Christ returns at the end of the Tribulation period.

Genesis 1:26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
See All... – “God said”

• Each creative day begins with “God said” – God spoke the Word, and it was so!
• “us” – Manifestation of the Trinity – there is only one God; hence this pronoun reveals the other personages of the Godhead. In Genesis 1:2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
  See All... the Holy Spirit is involved with creation. In Colossians 1:16For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
  See All... the Son is involved with creation.
• “make man” – Man is a specific creation, not a product of secular or theistic evolution.

Note on Evolution: Consider man’s futile attempts to produce evidence for support of the evolutionary theory – each fossil discovery hoped to be the “missing link”…

Neanderthal Man – Neander Valley – near Dusseldorf, Germany. Johann C. Fuhlrott – 1856. One skull – several bones – thought to be semi-erect and sub-human. Later found to be remains of people suffering from rickets, which causes malformation.

Cro-Magnon Man – Cro-Magnon, France -- Louis Lartet – 1868 – Fragments of four skeletons (all finds prove to be human or animal, never ½ and ½)

Java Man – (erect Ape man) – Trinil, Java -- Eugene Dubois – 1891. One single skull cap – one year later one thighbone and two molar teeth found 50 feet from cap. Claim was that all belonged to same Ape-man 500,000 years before. Prior to Dubois’ death – admitted Java man was remains of large gibbon.

Heidelberg Man -- Heidelberg, Germany -- Otto Schoetensack – 1907 One lower jaw

Piltdown Man (Dawn man) -- Piltdown, England -- Charles Dawson – 1912 -- A skull part – a few teeth – claimed to be over 500,000 years old – praised by American Museum of Natural History as genuine link in evolution – 1950, bones examined by fluoride tests – skull of recent ape stained with iron salts and teeth filed to give old appearance – a hoax!

Peking Man -- Peking, China -- Davidson Black – 1921, 1937 -- Parts of 30 skulls – 147 teeth -- Find disappeared in 1941

Nebraska Man -- Western Nebraska, U.S.A. -- Harold Cook – 1922 --One tooth (claimed by authorities to be missing link) -- In 1927 tooth discovered to be that of a pig

Rama Pithecus -- N.W. Indiana -- G.E. Lewis – 1932 -- Parts of jaws – few teeth -- Later concluded was an extinct ape

East Africa Man -- Olduvia, Tanzania -- Louis S.B. Leakey – 1959 -- One skullcap – few bones (dated 2 – 4 million years old – oldest link between Ape and Man) -- Son Richard Leakey indicated find was variety of Ape

Illustration of Evolution (by the late B.R. Lakin)

Not reasonable at all that a way back yonder sometime, somewhere, somehow, nobody knows when, how, where, or why…nothing got in nothing, the nothing formed in something, got in the water, the water developed into a tadpole; the tadpole swam too near the bank one day and got stuck in the mud there, wriggling around in the mud, he formed warts on his belly and later they became legs, and after he developed legs, he became a land animal and climbing through the trees one day his foot slipped and as he fell he wrapped his tail around the limb, the jolt broke off his tail, and as he hit the ground, he stood up on his hind feet, walked across the street, bought him a suit of clothes, went to teach in the university and said, “Thank God, I’m a man at last!”

Basic Contrasts

Continuing Genesis 1:26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
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• “have dominion”
• Man is a unique creation of God – next to God man is in charge of earthly domination – we need to remember this is God-given

Genesis 1:27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
See All... – “image of God”

• Not a God, but an image – something that represents God – a reflection of the creator.
• Since God is a Trinity, then so is man – body, soul, and spirit (1 Thessalonians 5:23And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  See All...)
• “male and female” – a phrase of summation – a general statement
• The Bible gives creative details of both genders in the next chapter – no mention of male and females in any animal creations – it is assumed because of the command to reproduce after their kind.

Genesis 1:28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
See All... – “God said”

• Man is a creation with whom God can communicate
• No other earthly creature did He directly talk to
• “multiply” – command to reproduce (after his kind)
• “replenish” – a word to denote “to do again” – inferring there was a Pre-Adamic earth. Some attempt to refute this by suggesting the word is simply saying to fill the earth for the first time. However, during the fifth day, God’s instruction was to fill the earth – why wouldn’t the Lord use the same term if that were what He meant? There are no idle words in Scripture. Besides, most adherents to dissecting the word “replenish” are also users of various corrupt Bible versions, attempting to minimize the validity of our preserved English Bible – the old KJV.
• God gives man technical and intellectual abilities.
• No animal can control his environment with cities, inventions, medicine, etc. as man.

Genesis 1:29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
See All... – “I have given”

• Jehovah-Jireh, the Lord provides – all of man’s needs provided by God
• “herb,” “fruit” – “for meat”
• Before the fall man ate no meat from animals.

Genesis 1:30And 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.
See All... – “beast,” “fowl,” “every herb”

• All animals ate vegetation and fed together – even the natural enemies, as we know them today. During the millennium, animals will return to this – Isaiah 65:25The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
  See All... (imagine a wolf and lamb dining together).

Genesis 1:31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
See All... – “very good”

• All of creation in perfect order and harmony. Not thrown together by accident – not simply a chance happening, but an orderly creation whereby upon God’s inspection He deemed it – very good.

Sixth Day

• Last 24-hour day of creation finalized
• No creation going on today

Material by Wayne Barkett, P. O. Box 155, Pinetta, FL 32350