GENESIS 1: THE EARTH WAS TRANSFORMED

(Message by Tanny Keng)

1. Genesis 1 

a) This is about the beginning of the universe and the state of planet earth before God transformed it.

2. The Earth Was Transformed

a) Genesis tells us that God spoke and our planet began to be transformed. "And God said, let there be light and there was light" (Genesis 1:3).

b) We were not told in verse two what was the reason for the darkness, and we are not told in verse three what exactly God did to cause the light of day to shine upon our world. Again, this is for scientists to discover. However giving light to our world was the first act of God in the transformation — a process of several acts that took six days altogether. The description of each day begins with, "Then God said..." and concludes with, "And there was evening and there was morning one day (or a second day, a third day, etc)". We may certainly marvel at the contrast between the barren dark world of verse two and the transformed world after God had done six days work. 

The End ...