Creation

 

In the beginning, God created the and the earth. The earth had nothing on it and it was pitch . However, the Spirit of God was there and He wanted to make a world in which and could live. So one day God said," Let there be ." And all of a sudden there WAS . God saw that the was very good. He decided that He was going to separate the and the from each other. He called the "day"and the he called it "night". The evening and the morning was the first day of the world. God, then, decided He was going to make a and created to separate the from below and the from above.

When the evening turned to morning it was the 2nd day of the world. God made dry ground to appear. He called the dry ground "land." The that went around the land was called "seas." He covered the dry land with beautiful green and nice leafy . When the evening turned into morning that was the 3rd day of the world. God made the sun to shine by day and the moon and twinkling stars to shine by at night. When the evening turned into morning, that was the 4th day of the world. God was very please with how the world was starting to look. However, it looked very lonely to Him, so he decided to make animals. He made the fish to swim in the and theto fly above in the beautiful . When the evening turned into morning , that was the 5th day of the . God also made other to roam around the earth. He made the s, , ,s, sheep, , dogs, cats, , , tigers and many other animals and insects . God saw that the was looking really nice now.

However, God was not quite finished with His creations. He decided he was going to make a , first. A who would think like, love, and worship Godand take care of his beautiful creation. God made man out of the dust of the ground, breathed into his nostrils (nose) the breath of life and man became a living soul. God saw that the man was very special and this mans' name was Adam. God was very pleased with Adam. When the evening turned to morning that was the 6th day of the world. God looked down on the new creation and saw how good it was and He was happy.On the 7th day, God did not do any more. God rested on the 7th day because everything was done that God wanted to do to start His and creation. Adam was placed in the Garden of Eden and was told to take care of the garden and that He was to eat of anything there except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because if Adam did, then he would surely die.

 

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