Key Concepts and Words Important words to help us understand the words Moses used to describe things related to creation  Created – taken from a Hebrew verb translated “created”  1) used only of God’s activity  2) always expresses the origin of something extraordinary, absolutely unique.  Elements from which everything is made  2 Pet 3: 10-13

Key Concepts and Words Important words to help us understand the words Moses used to describe things related to creation  Trinity present at Creation  Confession of God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth  the Spirit of God “hovering over the waters”  Jn. 1:3

Key Concepts and Words Important words to help us understand the words Moses used to describe things related to creation  Let there be light  Ps. 33:9  The Hebrew language says this is the substance of light  Light energy  Particles  Waves  Combination of both of the above  Bodies to regulate light would come later

Key Concepts and Words Important words to help us understand the words Moses used to describe things related to creation  Day and Night  separated light from darkness  Regular and predictable  Evening set in or came on and brought an end to the period of light.  Morning set in and brought an end to the period of darkness  The very first day of the history of the world consisted of a period of daylight followed by a period of darkness.  The word “day” is never used to describe extended long periods of time.

Key Concepts and Words Important words to help us understand the words Moses used to describe things related to creation  The expanse  not only the atmosphere of the earth  It also includes everything we see when we look into space  Serves man by:  Air to breath  Diffuses light from sun moon and stars

Key Concepts and Words Important words to help us understand the words Moses used to describe things related to creation  The expanse  Serves man by:  Insulating the earth  Keep warm and protect from extreme cold  The hydrologic system  Gen 2:5  Earth shaking events in history  2 Peter 3:3-7  End of the second day

Key Concepts and Words Important words to help us understand the words Moses used to describe things related to creation  Seas and dry land  horizontal separation of land and water  Ps. 104: 6-9  According to its kind  Trees bearing fruit with seeds  Fully mature  What would you have seen had a tree been cut down on this day?  With the appearance of age.

Key Concepts and Words Important words to help us understand the words Moses used to describe things related to creation  Sun, Moon, and Stars  Trees and plants now needed light  Purposes  Separate day from night  Serve as markers for the seasons  Give light to the earth  A normal day (a period of light followed by a period of darkness)

Key Concepts and Words Important words to help us understand the words Moses used to describe things related to creation  Fish and Birds- Day 5  According to their kinds  Living Creatures – Day 6  According to their kinds  Livestock (domesticated)  Close to the ground (reptiles, worms, insects)  Wild animals

Key Concepts and Words Important words to help us understand the words Moses used to describe things related to creation  Living Creatures – Day 6  Man and Woman  Created in the image of God  The Crown of God’s creation  Specially created  Formed with God’s hands  Breathed into the breath of life.  It was very good  God Rested – Day 7