Stewardship of God's Creation

• Genesis 1 - illustrates the beautiful, creative act of God
• Day 1 - separates light from darkness
• Day 2 - separates waters from waters
• Day 3 - gathers water to one place and land appears along with vegetation
• Day 4 - creates sun to rule the day and moon to rule the night
• Day 5 - God creates birds of the air and fish of the sea
• Day 6 - God creates man and land animals
• Day 7 - God rested
• Genesis 2 - presents a detailed illumination of the sixth day
• Genesis 2 - a detail map, used to zoom in on the larger map of the creation history
• Genesis 2:4-6 - summarizes the first five days of creation, as it emphasizes the creation plants and atmospheric conditions
• Genesis 2:7-25 - add details to the sixth day of Creation that were not told in the first story
• Genesis 2:7 - God creates Adam
• Genesis 2:8-15 - He creates and furnished a home for Adam
• Garden of Eden - home of Adam and Eve
• Genesis 2:16-17 - He teaches Adam the basic moral laws that will rule his life
• Genesis 2:18-20 - He creates animals to live with man
• Genesis 2:21-25 - He creates the woman, and Adam and Eve become one flesh
• Genesis 2:4-25 - details the story in Genesis 1
• Chronological - events are reported in order
• Logical - events are recorded in this sequence to tell a story; demonstrates God's involvement with man
• Creation of the Cosmos - universal in scope
• Creation-caring for man - focused is specific in Eden
• The Name of God is the Lord - shows His majesty and glory
• Name of God is Lord God - personal name of God; shows His tender love
• God spoke the World into being - transcendent nature of God; keeps His distance
• God molded man with His hands - feeling of personal involvement or intimacy of the Lord God to mankind
• God created - only God can create
• God formed - to create using His own hands
• Bara - only used in OT with God as a subject and no material is ever mentioned
• Yeser - indicates He used His own hands a s pottery craftsmen moldsa work of art
• "It was Good" - meant that God's creation does not even have a hint of possible disharmony
• "It is not good for man to be alone" - a narrative, which we see a reliance upon community and companionship
• Vertically - towards God
• Horizontally - with one another