King James Bible Study – “And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” – Mark 8:34
Date: Wednesday, January 01, 2020
Chapters: Genesis 1-2
Message: The Beginning of Life
Hello My Friend,
Happy New Year! Can you believe that it is the first day of 2020? It seems like just yesterday it was the year 2000, and here we are into the two-thousand and twentieth year of the LORD. And I can honestly tell you that I have no idea what God is leading me to talk about today other than creation. So, what is creation? It is the act of causing to exist; and especially, the act of bringing this world into existence. The world, and even believers of God, can come up with all kinds of theories and assumptions of when life began, I do not need theories and assumptions because I have the Bible, and it tells me everything I need to know. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.” – John 1:1-5.
“In him was life;” Life; A person; a living being; a human being. That state of being in which the soul and body are united. That state of animals and plants, in which its natural functions and motions are performed. Life itself has always existed through God Himself, even before the world began, God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit existed. The people of the world can come up with all kinds of ridiculous theories on how life began, but the truth is right here in His Word. The Book of Genesis, also known as the book of origins (first existence), and was penned by Moses approximately between 1445-1405BC. The timeline for these events took place approximately between 4004-1406 BC. The purpose of the book was to preserve the historical background of Israel and record the beginning of creation, sin, redemption, and how God deals with man. What we are to learn from the book is that God is the Creator of all things, and His plan from the beginning included all living beings to be their God alone.
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.” – Genesis 1:1-8.
“And the earth was without form, and void;” A lot of people, including Bible scholars want to say that this was the gap that took billions of years for life to be upon the earth. The reason so many question those who believe that the earth and everything in its universe is less the ten thousand years into existence has to do with this portion of Scripture. Here is the thing, since God has always existed and we only know about this life, it is time we stop worrying about what happened billions of years ago, and just focus on this lifetime (Isaiah 45:5-7). “And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” This is the Holy Spirit and before anything was created, there was water, in fact, the heavens and earth are surrounded by water. “And God called the light Day,” Do you notice the Capital D in Day here? God is pointing out something specific here. One Day, One being one twenty-four hour revolution of the sun; The space of time between the rising and setting of the sun. Night; That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon. “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters,” Firmament; The region of the air; the sky or heavens. The visible arch of the sky. God called the firmament Heaven, this means that our entire universe, including the galaxies and heaven itself is surrounded by water. As God continues telling us how He created the earth He goes on to explain how He put life on it.
“And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto 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 called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the third day. And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And 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. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.” – Genesis 1:9-14,16.
“whose seed is in itself,” Do you see how it is impossible to say, combine an orange seed with a grape seed and it become come a grange? And do you see how it was possible that corn did not have to genetically produced, or any fruit or vegetable? Every time man plays around with creation they are not creating anything beneficial, in fact, whatever it is that they do to attempt to change what God made into existence, will produce more harm than good. “And God made two great lights;” This is of course, the sun and moon. All of our seasons are determined by the revolutions of the sun and moon, and how many times they go around in a year. Only God can create something so precise that the sun is placed just right so that the earth would not burn up or become an ice box. First, God prepares for life to be able to survive on earth, now, He creates animals and mankind.
“And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. and it was so. And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.” – Genesis 1:20-21,23-24,26-27,29,31.
“which the waters brought forth abundantly,” The waters of the ocean, rivers, pools and lakes all together were filled with sea life from fish to whales. Likewise, the skies were filled with of birds of every kind. “cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth” I wonder if God just snapped His fingers or waved His hand, and all of these beasts just formed out of the earth. And however amazing a sight it must have been, the greatest was when He formed man. Why? Because He formed us in His own image. “in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” All these people with their ridiculous attempts to change their gender, and using ridiculous means to physically change themselves, will never change the fact that they were created either a male or a female. So, God created everything in six days, resting on the seventh, which is why we have seven days in a week, and seven is the number of completion.
“Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” – Genesis 2:1-4,7-9,15-17.
“and all the host of them.” This includes the angels, so, they too were created around the same time as man. “and man became a living soul.” Adam means, red earth. In other words, Adam was named from what God had created him from, the sand or dust. Without God we have no life in our soul. So, all these people who refuse to believe that they came from God, have a huge awakening when they die and discover that He exists. “for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” And this was the warning that God gave Adam. Obviously Adam did not know what death meant, he was a baby at this point, and only had God to teach him things. When we first come to the knowledge of God, we are like everyone else, eager for His attention, a bit scared because we are taught that if we disobey Him we will die, but until we truly understand what that death is we are ignorant to it. And ignorance saves no one. “And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.” – Acts 17:30-31.
Today’s Prayer: God, Thank You for another year passed, a new one beginning, for the hope of eternal life and giving us Your truths to live by. Without You all is dark and void, but with You we can see the Light and a great year ahead. Lord, watch over us, guide us, and help us walk forward in Your Light throughout 2020, give us peace, comfort, and hope for a great, blessed, and prosperous year. Remind us how fortunate we are as this world grows more evil by the day, and never let us forget that while it is appointed for us to die once, we will be raised just as Your Son for our faith in Him. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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