The document discusses the biblical account of creation as described in Genesis, detailing what God created on each day from the heavens and the earth to light, land, plants, animals, and ultimately man. It reflects on the significance of each creation element, God's control and authority, the purpose of creation, and the concept of rest on the seventh day. Various questions throughout the document prompt theological contemplation on the nature of God and the created world.

1. CreationKNOWING
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2. - How was everything created??
- Was there anything before the beginning?- Was there anything before the beginning?
- What happened on the first day?- What happened on the first day?
Genesis 1:1-5Genesis 1:1-5

3. Genesis 1:1-3
In the beginning God created the heavens and the
earth. The earth was without form, and void; and
darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of
God was hovering over the face of the waters. Then
God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.

4. Genesis 1:4-5
And God saw the light, that it was good; and God
divided the light from the darkness. God called the
light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the
evening and the morning were the first day.

5. - Did God create darkness?

6. I am the LORD, and there is no
other; There is no God besides
Me. I will gird you, though you
have not known Me, that they
may know from the rising of the
sun to its setting that there is
none besides Me. I am the LORD,
and there is no other; I form the
light and create darkness, I make
peace and create calamity; I, the
LORD, do all these things.
Isaiah 45:5-7

7. - Is darkness evil??
- What did God say about light?- What did God say about light?
- When did God create the waters?- When did God create the waters?
- How important is water- How important is water
in giving life?in giving life?

8. But they deliberately forget
that long ago by God's word
the heavens existed and the
earth was formed out of water
and by water.
2 Peter 3:5

9. - Was the Earth made out of water??
- What gives life to Earth?- What gives life to Earth?
- What does it mean for God’s spirit to be hovering- What does it mean for God’s spirit to be hovering
over the face of the waters?over the face of the waters?
- Was God in control?- Was God in control?

10. It is He who sits above the
circle of the earth, and its
inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.. Isaiah 40:22

11. - What does this scripture tell us??
- How did the writer know then- How did the writer know then
that the Earth was round?that the Earth was round?
- Who told him?- Who told him?
- Why is there night and day?- Why is there night and day?
- Who was God thinking on?- Who was God thinking on?
- What happened on- What happened on
the second day?the second day?
Genesis 1:6-8Genesis 1:6-8

12. Genesis 1:6-7a
Then God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst
of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the
waters.” Thus God made the firmament, and divided
the waters which were under the firmament

13. Genesis 1:7b-8
from the waters which were above the firmament;
and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven.
So the evening and the morning were the second day.

14. - Is there any water in Heaven?
- Is the space above the heavens
made out of water?
- Was there any rain or clouds?
- How was the climate then?

15. but a mist went up from the
earth and watered the whole
face of the ground.
Genesis 2:6

16. - Was the Earth in the beginning like a greenhouse?
- Was it only one climate and no seasons then?
- What happened the third day?
Genesis 1:9-13

17. Genesis 1:9-10
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. And God called the dry land
Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He
called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

18. Genesis 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”; and it was so.

19. Genesis 1:12-13
And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields
seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit,
whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw
that it was good. So the evening and the morning were
the third day.

20. - How was the land created?
- What did He command
the Earth?
- What is the purpose of
seed and fruit?
- Who was God
planning it for?
- How long did it take
Him to create all
these things?
- Was it all done in one day?
2 Peter 3:8

21. 2 Peter 3:8
But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with
the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a
thousand years as one day.

22. - What do you need to have a day?
- Was the Earth turning around its axis already?
- Did God have a plan?
- What is this third day telling us?
- Is there abundance in God’s creation?

23. - What is this fact telling us about God?
- Has anything change since then?
- Does God change?
- What happened on the fourth day?
Genesis 1:14-19

24. Genesis 1:14-15
Then God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of
the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let
them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years;
and let them be for lights in the firmament of the
heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so.

25. Genesis 1:16-18a
Then 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. God set them in the firmament of the
heavens to give light on the earth, and to rule over the
day and over the night,

26. Genesis 1:18b-19
and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw
that it was good. So the evening and the morning were
the fourth day.

27. - Are these lights different from
the light created on the first day?
- What is the purpose of
the Sun, Moon and Stars?
- Who do they give light to?

28. - Is the Earth the center of creation?
- Has the Sun ever risen from the north?
- Why is it that so many stars
have not collided?

29. - Is there order in the Universe?
- Is God in control?
- What happened
on the fifth day?
Genesis 1:20-23

30. Genesis 1:20-21a
Then God said, “Let the waters abound with an
abundance of Living creatures, and let birds fly above
the earth across the face of the firmament of the
heavens.” So God created great sea creatures and

31. Genesis 1:21b
every 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.

32. Genesis 1:22-23
And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply,
and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on
the earth.” So the evening and the morning were the
fifth day.

33. - Which animals did
God create on
this day?
- Did they come
from the waters?
- Where does the
power of creation
comes from?
- Is there power in
God’s command?

34. - What was
God’s blessing?
- What does it mean to
reproduce according
to their own kind?
- Is there order in all
of His creation?
- What happened
the sixth day?
Genesis 1:24-25

35. Genesis 1:24
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 it was so.

36. Genesis 1:25
And God made the beast of the earth according to its
kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that
creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God
saw that it was good.

37. - Which animals came from the Earth?
- Is God consistent in His creative ways?
- How did God view everything He created?
- When was man created?
Genesis 1:26-28

38. Genesis 1:26
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image,
according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over
the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over
the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping
thing that creeps on the earth.”

39. Genesis 1:27
So God created man in His own image; in the image of
God He created him; male and female He created
them.

40. Genesis 1:28
Then God blessed them, and God 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.”

41. - Who was God
talking to before
creating man?
- Was He talking to
the angels that
were with Him?
- Are the angels
like God?
- Can they create?

42. - Is there
another God?
or other Gods?
- Didn’t He tell us
there is no other
God but Him?

43. - What does it mean to be made to the image of God?
- Is it the outer image?
- Do we look like God?

44. - What does He mean by His likeness?
- Does it refer to our character, emotions and intellect?
- Can we understand God?

45. - What is God’s mandate to both man and woman?
- Why does God delegate authority on man?
- What did man eat?
Genesis 1:29-30

46. Genesis 1:29
And God said, “See, I have given you every herb that
yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and
every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for
food.

47. Genesis 1:30
Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air,
and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which
there is life, I have given every green herb for food ”;
and it was so.

48. - Was the first man a vegetarian?
- Did animals only eat green plants?
- Was there death?
- Did a food chain exist?
- What happened then?

49. Genesis 1:31
Then God saw everything that He had made, and
indeed it was very good. So the evening and the
morning were the sixth day.

50. - How was everything
God created?
- What did God do
on the seventh day?
Genesis 2:1-3

51. Genesis 2:1-2
Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of
them, were finished. And on the seventh day God
ended His work which He had done, and He rested on
the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

52. Genesis 2:3
Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it,
because in it He rested from all His work which God
had created and made.

53. - Why did God rest?
- Was He tired?
- What is He teaching man?

54. - What happens if we
neglect to give rest
to our bodies?
- Who is God caring for?

55. WHAT DID WE LEARN TODAY?
- God created the light and darkness in the first day.
- The second day God created the firmament
and divided the heavens from the earth.
- On the third day God created the dry land
and the grass, herbs and every tree with fruit.
- The fourth day He created the stars, the sun and the moon.
- God created the birds and the fish on the fifth day
- The sixth day He created all the animals and Man.
- God rested on the seventh day to give us an example.
- God is in control at all times and share His creation
with other person(s) in the Godhead.
- Everything He created was good.
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