On the fifth day God created the creatures that live in the sea and the birds of the air. Read it for yourself in Genesis 1:20-23. You may select your favorite version of the Bible, or better yet read it in more than one version for fuller understanding. God created the fish and other kinds of life found in the sea. Here are a few videos I found to show the diversity found in our oceans. Some were developed with political intentions,
On the fourth day of creation God created the sun, moon, and stars. Read it for yourself in Genesis 1:14-19. God must have included the planets and galaxies as well. At the time Genesis 1 was written people probably knew nothing about planets, and they definitely did not know about galaxies. They would have thought all the tiny lights were stars. We can’t answer all of our questions about how God made the sun, moon, and stars, because
On the third day God spoke commanding the waters below the sky to gather in one place and he called up the dry ground. He then created the plants with fruits and seeds. Read Genesis 1:9-13. This link will allow you to pick your translations. Read it in more than one translation for fuller understanding. The earth began to take shape on the third day as God brought the waters below the sky together and produced dry ground. He
On the second day God separated the waters and created the sky. It requires a little imagination to try to figure out what these verses mean. We may still not get it exactly right, but that’s OK too. God didn’t give us these verses to burden or confuse us, they were intended to give us understanding. I’m left with these questions: Did God take just enough of the water mass to make the earth, leaving the rest to make everything
I have been brainstorming over the past few weeks for activities that would be appropriate for a Creation week Vacation Bible School or for a day camp program. Rather than make separate posts for each day I plan to make one continuous post here. My intentions are to update this post from time to time as I add new ideas to the plan. I encourage my readers to also add their suggestions as comments to this post and help with