INTRODUCTION:  “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth” is the basis of all we are and all we believe.  Since we came from God, He is the only source for the truth about ourselves and about the purpose of life.  We came from God.  In order to have eternal life and a reason for living, we must return to God.

1. THE GAP IN CREATION
1. Evidence From the Creation Story
1. The creation day formula
1. Throughout the six-day creation story, each day begins with “And God said” (Genesis 1:3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
   See All..., 6, 9, 14, 20, 24) and each day ends with “And the evening and the morning were the [number] day” (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..., 8, 13, 19, 23, 31).
2. According to this formula, the first day of creation began in Genesis 1:3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
   See All... making the events of the first two verses previous to the six-day creation.
2. The command to replenish
1. When man was created, he was told to “replenish the earth” (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.
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2. Replenish means to refill in its most common meaning.
3. However, in cases of doubt on the meaning of a word, the key is to find a Bible answer. This answer is found in Genesis 9:1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
   See All.... In the second passage, the word refers to the command given to Noah and his family after the destruction of the flood and clearly means to refill.
2. Evidence From the Description of the Earth
1. Without form
1. The earth is “without form” 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.... That means it had no definite shape.
2. Without the gap, the earth was not completed until the third day of creation (Genesis 1:9-10 [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. [10] And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
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3. This would be an incomplete creation. Yet God says that when He does something, nothing can be put to it (Ecclesiastes 3:14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
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2. Without inhabitant
1. The earth of 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.
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2. God says concerning the earth that “he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited” (Isaiah 45:18For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
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3. A description of destruction
1. Taken together, the previous characteristics sound more like the result of some terrible catastrophe than a completed act of God’s creation. This is further verified when compared with descriptions of judgment in other passages of the word of God.   Consider the following comparison of 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... with 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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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.
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1. “without form”
2. “void”
3. “darkness”
2. 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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1. “without form”
2. "void"
3. “no light”
2. In Jeremiah 4, the passage describes a scene of destruction (Jeremiah 4:20Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
   See All...) resulting from a great war (Jeremiah 4:19My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
   See All...) which came because of Israel’s disobedience.
4. The Face of the deep
1. A massive amount of water surrounded the earth 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.... Wisdom (picturing Christ) was there to “set a compass upon the face of the depth” (Proverbs 8:27When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
   See All...). This water could be divided so that the oceans could be filled below the first two heavens and yet it could also provide a covering for the second heaven at the edge of out space (Genesis 1:6-8 [6] And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. [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. [8] And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
   See All...). These upper waters are spoken of as the “waters that be above the heavens” in Psalm 148:4Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
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2. The face of the earth being covered by water would be a perfect description of Noah’s flood when the ark went “upon the face of the waters” (Genesis 7:18And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
   See All...). 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... could then be a description of the original earth after a similar destruction. This would explain God’s promise to never destroy the earth by flood again after Noah’s flood (Genesis 9:8-17 [8] And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, [9] And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; [10] And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. [11] And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. [12] And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: [13] I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. [14] And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: [15] And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. [16] And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. [17] And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
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3. Evidence From the Doctrine of the Devil
1. The Time Factor
1. If there was no original creation and destruction, then the devil could predate man by no more than five days. This means that the following events must have occurred between the first day of the six-day creation and the fall of Adam and Eve:
2. Lucifer’s service to God as “the anointed cherub that covereth” (Ezekiel 28:11-15 [11] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, [12] Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. [13] Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. [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.
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3. The fall of Lucifer because of his pride (Isaiah 14:12-15 [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.
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4. The fall of the angels who followed Satan (Matthew 25:41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
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5. The origin of devils. NOTE: Many Bible scholars equate fallen angels with the devils (or demons, as they say). However, the Bible seems to make a clear distinction between the two.
6. The preparation of everlasting fire for the devil and his angels (Matthew 25:41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
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2. Satan’s Character From the Beginning
1. The devil was “a murderer from the beginning” (John 8:44Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
   See All...) and he “sinneth from the beginning” (1 John 3:8He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
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2. If there is no gap and the devil was created on the first day of the six days of creation, he must have been created as a sinner and a murderer (Ezekiel 28:15Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
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3. The only explanation is that he was perfect at the time of his own creation, but was a murderer and sinner at the time of the beginning or creation as we experience it. Therefore, the devil had to fall in sin somewhere between the time of his creation and the beginning of the world as found in the first chapter of Genesis.
2. THE TRINITY IN CREATION
1. The Father (Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
   See All...; Exodus 20:11For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
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2. The Spirit (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...; Job 26:13By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
   See All...; Psalm 104:30Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
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3. The Son (Genesis 1:3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
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1. The Word of God – “And God said” (John 1:1-3 [1] In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [2] The same was in the beginning with God. [3] All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
   See All...; Ephesians 3:9And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
   See All...; Colossians 1:16-17 [16] For 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: [17] And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
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2. The Light of the World (John 1:7-9 [7] The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. [8] He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. [9] That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
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4. Working Together (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...; 1 Corinthians 8:6But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
   See All...; see also Genesis 11:6-8 [6] And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. [7] Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. [8] So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
   See All...; Isaiah 6:8Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
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3. THE DAYS OF CREATION
1. First Day (Genesis 1:3-5 [3] And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. [4] And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. [5] And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
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1. Note:  We are told that “God said” exactly ten (10) times in Genesis One.  These ten sayings of God might be called the first Ten Commandments.
2. The creation of light (Genesis 1:3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
   See All...; Isaiah 45:7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
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1. Light was created three days before the natural sources of light like the sun were created (Genesis 1:14-16 [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.
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2. God, of course, knows that light exists apart from its natural sources.
3. He knows the way light dwells (Job 38:19Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
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3. The division between light and darkness (Genesis 1:4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
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4. The naming of Day and Night (Genesis 1:5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
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1. Note:  Notice that when something is given a name in scripture, that name is initially capitalized.
2. Second Day (Genesis 1:6-8 [6] And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. [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. [8] And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
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1. The making of a firmament (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.
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1. Of the 17 times the word firmament is used in the Bible, over half (or 9) of the times are found in Genesis One.
2. Firmament means an expanse or expansion of space.  It refers to the heavens that include our atmosphere and outer space.  (See also Psalm 19:1The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
   See All...; Daniel 12:3And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
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2. The division of the waters from the waters (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.
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3. The naming of the firmament Heaven (Genesis 1:8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
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4. The second day is a day of division.  It divides God’s Heaven from Earth.  It is the only one of the six days in which God never says or saw that it was good.  Even today, the Jews consider Monday a bad day to plan a major event.
5. The Bible teaches that there are three heavens.
1. The first heaven is the atmospheric heaven where the birds fly and is called in our text the “open firmament of heaven.” (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.
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2. The second heaven is the starry heaven that we call outer space and is called here the “firmament of the heaven” (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:
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3. The third heaven is where God dwells and here simply called “heaven” (Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
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3. Third Day (Genesis 1:9-13 [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. [10] And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. [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. [13] And the evening and the morning were the third day.
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1. The gathering of the waters on earth (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.
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2. The naming of the Earth and Seas (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.
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3. The creation of vegetation (Genesis 1:11-13 [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. [13] And the evening and the morning were the third day.
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1. Grass
2. Herbs
3. Trees
4. The key to life is that its “seed is in itself” and this makes it able to bring forth “after his kind.”
5. Note:  Much of God’s creation is marked by the number three.  This makes sense since God Himself is a trinity.
1. There are three kinds of vegetation: grass, herbs and trees.
2. There are three kinds of lights in the sky: the sun, the moon and the stars (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.
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3. There are three kinds of animals: fish, fowl and land animals.
4. There are three kinds of land animals: cattle, creeping things and beasts (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.
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4. Fourth Day (Genesis 1:14-19 [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, [18] And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. [19] And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
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1. The need for lights in the firmament (Genesis 1:14-15 [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.
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1. To divide day and night
2. For signs, seasons, days and years
2. The creation of the lights (Genesis 1:16-19 [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, [18] And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. [19] And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
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1. The greater light – the sun
2. The lesser light – the moon
3. The stars
5. Fifth Day (Genesis 1:20-23 [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. [23] And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
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1. The creation of fish and fowl (Genesis 1:20-21 [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.
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2. The blessing to be fruitful (Genesis 1:22-23 [22] And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. [23] And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
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6. Sixth Day (Genesis 1:24-31 [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. [26] And 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. [27] So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. [28] And 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. [29] And 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. [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. [31] And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
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1. The creation of land animals (Genesis 1:24-25 [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.
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1. Cattle
2. Creeping things
3. Beasts of the earth
2. The creation of man (Genesis 1:26-31 [26] And 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. [27] So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. [28] And 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. [29] And 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. [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. [31] And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
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1. Created in the image of God (Genesis 1:26-27 [26] And 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. [27] So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
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2. Blessed to be fruitful (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.
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3. Given every green herb for meat (Genesis 1:29-30 [29] And 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. [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.
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1. Evidently, both man and animal initially ate only vegetation.
2. Only after the flood did they begin to eat flesh (Genesis 9:2-3 [2] And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. [3] Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
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3. Eating of vegetation only will happen again in the future kingdom (Isaiah 11:7And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
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4. However, those who now teach that meat-eating is wrong are teaching false doctrine (1 Timothy 4:3-5 [3] Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. [4] For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: [5] For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
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4. Everything was very good (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.
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7. Seventh Day (Genesis 2:1-3 [1] Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. [2] And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. [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.
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1. Creation was finished (Genesis 2:1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
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2. God rested from His work (Genesis 2:2And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
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1. God does not get tired or weary (Isaiah 40:28Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
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2. When the Bible says God rested, it does not mean He had to take a nap or any such thing.  It simply means that He ceased from the work of creating that He had been doing for six days.
3. God blessed the seventh day (Genesis 2:3And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
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CONCLUSION:  Just as God is the source of His creation, so creation can bring us back to God (Romans 1:20For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
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