In
the Beginning God Created the Heavens and the Earth.
Now
the Earth was Formless and Empty,
Darkness
was over the surface of the Deep,
And
the Spirit of God was Hovering over the waters.
And
God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light.
God
saw that the light was good,
And
He separated the light from the Darkness.
God
called the light 'Day' and the Darkness He called 'Night.'
And
there was Evening, and there was Morning—the First Day.
And
God said, 'Let there be an Expanse between the waters
To
separated water from water.'
So
God made the Expanse
And
separated the Expanse the water under the Expanse
From
the water above it.
And
it was so.
God
called the Expanse 'Sky.'
And
there was Evening, and there was Morning—
The
Second Day.
And
God said, 'Let the water under the Sky
Be
Gathered to one place,
And
let dry ground appear.'
And
it was so.
God
called the dry ground 'Land,'
And
the gathered waters He called 'Seas.'
And
God saw that it was good.
Then
God said, 'Let the Land produce vegetation:
Seed-bearing
plants and trees on the Land
That
bear Fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.'
And
it was so.
The
Land produced vegetation:
Plants
bearing seed according to their kinds
And
trees bearing Fruit with seed in it according to their kinds.
And
God saw that it was good.
And
there was Evening, and there was Morning--
The
Third Day.
And
God said, 'Let there be Lights in the Expanse of the Sky
To
separate the Day from the Night,
And
let them serve as Signs to Mark Season and Days and Years,
And
let them be Lights in the Expanse of the Sky
To
give light on the Earth.'
And
it was so.
God
made Two Great Lights--
The
Greater Light to govern the Day
And
the Lesser Light to govern the Night.
He
also made the Stars.
God
set them in the Expanse of the Sky
To
give light on the Earth,
To
govern the Day and the Night,
And
to separate light from Darkness.
And
God saw that it was good.
And
there was Evening, and there was Morning--
The
Fourth Day.
And
God said, 'Let the water teem with living Creatures,
And
let Birds fly above the Earth across the Expanse of the Sky.'
So
God Created the Great Creatures of the Sea
And
every living and moving thing with which the water teems,
According
to their kinds,
And
very winged Bird according to its kind.
And
God saw that it was good.
God
Blessed them and said,
'Be
Fruitful and increase in number
And
fill the water in the Seas,
And
let the Birds increase on the Earth.'
And
there was Evening, and there was Morning--
The
Fifth Day.
And
God said, 'Let the Land produce living Creatures
According
to their kinds:
Livestock,
Creatures that move along the ground
And
wild animals each according to its kind.'
And
it was so.
God
made the wild animals according to their kinds,
And
all the Creatures that move along the ground
According
to their kinds.
And
God saw that it was good.
Then
God said, 'Let Us make man in Our Image,
In
Our Likeness,
And
Rule over the Fish of the Sea and the Birds of the air,
Over
the Livestock, over all the Earth,
And
over all the Creatures that move along the ground.'
So
God Created man in His Own Image,
In
the Image of God He Created him;
Male
and Female He Created them.
God
Blessed them and said to them,
Be
Fruitful and increase in number;
Fill
the Earth and subdue it.
Rule
over the Fish of the Sea and the Birds of the air
And
over every living Creature that moves on the ground.'
Then
God said, 'I give you every seed-bearing plant
On
the face of the whole Earth
And
every tree that has Fruit with seed in it.
They
will be yours for food.
And
to all the Beast of the Earth and all the Birds of the air
And
all the Creatures that move on the ground--
Everything
that has the Breath of Life in it--
I
give every green plant for food.'
And
it was so.
God
saw all that He had made,
And
there was Evening, and there was Morning-
The
Sixth Day.
(Genesis
1)
The
Earth is the Lord's, and Everything in it,
The
World, and All who live in it;
Four
He Founded it upon the Seas
And
Established it upon the waters.
(Psalm
24:1, 2)
This
is the God, the Creator of All that Exists,
That,
today, Mankind is in Overt Rebellion of
Under
the Deception of Satan
And
toward the End that Scripture has Foretold.
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