God’s Timeline – Part 8
Creation
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Pastor Bruce A. Shields
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SERMON
INTRODUCTION
So far, we have read of the creation of
everything that is, or would ever be created, all taking place during the first
week.
Day 1 – God creates the heavens and the
earth
and separates light from dark and I believe it is at this point He creates all
the Universal Natural Laws, such as thermodynamics, time, gravity, etc.
Day 2 – God separates water from the
sky,
preparing the layer above the “vault” for the future judgment/flood. This vault or void, probably made of CO2 for
the vegetation He will create on Day 3
Day 3 – God separates the dry land
from the water
so man and land creatures will have somewhere to live, and then creates
the vegetation and trees upon that land, first “life” giving them seeds and
fruit, a way to “reproduce”. He does not create a tree but fills the land with
trees and vegetation.
Day 4 – God lights the suns in the universe, sets
the earths sun and moon in the perfect orbits to control the
earths temp and tides to cycle the air and allow for the conditions needed to
support life of man and animals.
Day 5 – Now that the CO2 has been converted into
oxygen through the vegetation and trees of Day 3 & the sun of Day 4 causing
the process of photosynthesis, the earth is ready for its first oxygen
breathing “creatures” to be created! Birds fill the air, and
creatures fill the seas. Not a
bird, but birds, and not a sea creature, but many, filling the air and sea.
Day 6 – God creates livestock,
insects and other ground moving creatures, wild animals, all “according to
their kind”, and then made “mankind in our image, in our likeness”, meaning they
would “rule” over all of creation. He created them “male and female” for
pro-creation purposes (has nothing to do with being created in image of God, or
likeness of God).
At
this point, all creatures, animal, and human, are vegetarians.
Day 7 – The day of rest is not mentioned in Chapter
1, but in the beginning of chapter 2 of Genesis. (Remember, Chapters were not
added to the scriptures until the 13th century.
A
man named Stephen Langton divided the Bible into chapters in 1227AD. He was a
professor at the University of Paris and later he became the Archbishop of
Canterbury. The Verses Were Added in The Sixteenth Century.
SCRIPTURE READING
Genesis 2:1-17
“Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their
vast array.
2 By the seventh day God had
finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all
his work. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and
made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of
creating that he had done.
5 Now no shrub had yet appeared on the
earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had
not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground, 6 but
streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the
ground. 7 Then the Lord God formed a
man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils
the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
8 Now the Lord God had planted
a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had
formed. 9 The Lord God made all kinds of
trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good
for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree
of the knowledge of good and evil.
10 A river watering the garden flowed
from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. 11 The
name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of
Havilah, where there is gold. 12 (The gold of
that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there.) 13 The
name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of
Cush. 14 The name of the third river is the
Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the
Euphrates.
15 The Lord God took the man and
put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And
the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in
the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree
of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will
certainly die.”
I.
THIS IS
THE ACCOUNT OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH
a. Didn’t God rest on Day 7?
i.
Short answer, yes
ii.
Genesis
Chapter 2:1-3 should have been left in Genesis Chapter 1
iii.
This should have been
included with the seven days of creation, because resting is doing something.
iv.
God blessed the
seventh day and made it holy BECAUSE He rested on that day
b. Before Day 6
i.
Genesis 2 starting with verse 4
is a detailed breakdown of what took place DURING the seven days of creation
recorded in Genesis
Chapter 1.
ii.
We
read in Genesis 2:4 “This is the
account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when
the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.”
iii.
“This”,
referring to Genesis
Chapter 2
iv.
Common sense tells us
the Lord God did not “make the earth and heavens” again, since Chapter 1, therefore, this account takes place DURING
the creation recorded in Chapter 1
c. Day 6
i.
Now we know this takes
place during the creation week recorded in Chapter 1, the Word tells us where
this account falls within the week.
ii.
Genesis
2:5, 6 “Now no shrub had yet
appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for
the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one
to work the ground, 6 but streams came up from the
earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.”
1. No shrub had yet appeared on
the earth
2. And no plant had yet
sprung up
3. This is not referring to God creating vegetation on Day 3,
rather, the vegetation He had created had “not yet sprung up”
4. So not enough time had passed since He created
vegetation for it to drop its seed and allow for the growth of “new” plants
iii.
This is important
because it tells us that the creation of the Garden of Eden, and Adam, will
take place BEFORE there is even time for plants to reproduce.
iv.
So, the events
recorded here in Genesis 2.
1. Take place during the creation week
2. After there is vegetation created on Day 3
3. Before vegetation can reproduce
4. And before Day 6
because God does not make man until Genesis
2:7
d.
Genesis
2:7
i.
“Then
the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the
ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and
the man became a living being.”
ii.
“then”
1. We know
Adam is the first man 1 Corinthians 15:45
2. So, the scripture is referring to Day 6, when Genesis
1 tells us God created mankind
iii.
“formed man from the
dust of the ground”
1.
Here is a chart of the
elements found in the human body compared to the earth’s crust
|
Oxygen (O) 61% |
|
Carbon (C) 23% |
|
Hydrogen (H) 10% |
|
Nitrogen (N) 2.6% |
|
Calcium (Ca) 1.4% |
|
Phosphorous (Ph) 1.1% |
|
Potassium (K) .20% |
|
Sulfur (S) .20% |
|
Sodium (Na) .14% |
|
Chlorine (Cl) .12% |
|
Magnesium (Mg) .027% |
|
Silicon (Si) .026% |
|
Trace Elements |
|
Iron (Fe) .006% |
|
Fluorine (F) .0037% |
|
Copper (Cu) .0001% |
|
Zinc (Zn) .0033% |
|
Aluminum (Al) .00008% |
|
Manganese (Mn) .00002% |
|
Iodine (I) .00002 |
|
Selenium (Se) .00002% |
|
Molybdenum (Mo) .000007% |
|
Chromium (Cr) .00002% |
|
Cobalt (Co) .000004% |
2. Man would not discover this truth from scripture for
thousands of years
iv.
God then breathed the breath of life into his nostrils,
and he (Adam) became a living creature.
1. This is not the Holy Spirit, rather, the “breath” or
spirit of “life” itself which is breathed by God into all things which are
alive.
2. Includes vegetation, creatures of the air and sea,
animals, and mankind.
a. Along with any other known or undiscovered living
thing, i.e., bacteria, viruses, etc.
v.
So, it is clear we are
now speaking of Day 6 of the creation week.
II.
THE
GARDEN OF EDEN
a. The Garden was created on Day 6
i.
Genesis
2:8 “Now the Lord God had
planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.”
b. God placed Adam in the garden before setting it
all up
i.
Genesis
2:9 (in Adam’s presence) “The Lord God made all kinds
of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good
for food.”
c. There is no doubt in Adam’s Mind “who” God is
i.
Adam witnessed
firsthand God creating the vegetation and trees within the Garden of Eden
III.
THE
BLESSING AND THE CURSE
a.
The four rivers give clues of Eden’s location
i.
Both the Tigris and
Euphrates rivers flow and meet at the Persian Gulf.
ii.
Though the Pishon and
Ginon rivers have been renamed, we know that the land Pishon flowed to was
Havilah, which in biblical times became the land of Cush, or modern-day
Ethiopia.
1.
Does Ethiopia have
Gold, resin and onyx like the bible says Havilah has?
a.
Ethiopia exported $602
million in gold in 2012
b.
The aromatic resin? That
is Frankincense
c.
And yes, Onyx can also
be found in Ethiopia
iii.
Between the Euphrates
and Tigris is Mesopotamia, which is known as “the cradle of civilization”
1.
Scientists believe all
humankind started in this area
2.
Just as the bible says
it did
3.
Scientists have also
discovered in 2100 BC the land of UR was here, in the 24th – 28th
centuries BC Assyria was here, and in the 19th-18th
centuries BC Babylonia
iv.
So where is the Garden
of Eden?
1.
No one knows, and
there are 2 reasons why
a. Genesis 3:23 “So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of
Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. 24 After he drove the man
out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming
sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.”
b.
The Flood reshaped a
lot of the land
b. The tree of life
i.
God placed the trees
and gave Adam a command.
1. VS 16-17 “And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free
to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of
the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly
die.”
ii.
These trees were
placed in the center of the garden
iii.
Why did God put Adam
in the garden?
1.
Vs 15 says so Adam
would work it and take care of it
iv.
Why did God place the
tree of life in the garden?
1.
The tree of life is
mentioned three times in Genesis 2, in Eden, and again four times in Revelation, three of those in the final chapter. These
instances seem to refer to Eden’s literal tree of life. We are told the tree of
life is presently in Paradise, the intermediate Heaven (Revelation 2:7). The New Jerusalem itself, also in the present
Heaven, will be brought down, the tree of life and all, and placed on the New
Earth (Revelation 21:2). Just as the tree was relocated from Eden to the
present Heaven, it will be relocated again to the New Earth.
v.
The Tree of Life would
nourish and be a source of everlasting physical life
c. and the tree of knowledge of good and evil
i.
This tree was the
catalyst for Adam (and mankind) to be “good”, “righteous”, “obedient”
ii.
Because as long as
Adam did NOT eat from this tree, he was Obedient to God’s command, which made
him righteous, or simplified, good.
iii.
Something
I find interesting about verse 17,
“…, for when
you eat from it you will certainly die.”
d. The Blessing and the Curse
i.
The trees placed
before Adam and the command given to him represent our relationship with God
the Father.
1. Deuteronomy 30:19 “19This day I call the heavens and the earth as
witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and
curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live”
ii.
COMMAND: You are free to eat of any tree (including Tree of
everlasting physical Life), but do NOT eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good
and Evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.
1. Life (Tree of Life) and Death (Tree of Knowledge)
2. Obedience or disobedience
3. Good or bad
4. Choose life (or, obedience)
iii.
The blessings and
curses here are
1. Blessings
a. Perfect beautiful garden
b. Many trees of food provided
c. Tree of life protects against sickness, disease,
growing old, death
2. Curses
a. Genesis 3:17 “Because you listened to your wife
(obeyed her instead of God)
i.
Cursed is the ground
because of YOU (not Eve)
ii.
Painful toil to eat
from it
iii.
All the days of your
life
iv.
It produces thorns and
thistles for you
v.
By the sweat of your brow,
you will eat
vi.
Until you return to
the ground (death now instituted)
CONCLUSION –
So, it is apparent in
scripture that this account is not an “additional” creation outside of the
creation week when everything was made that would be made, rather, a detailed
account of what took place during day 6 of the creation week.
Look at Genesis chapter 1
as the “outline” of days 1-6, and chapter 2 as a more detailed account of what
took place before and during day 6 of the creation week.
God gave mankind a single
command (do not eat from the tree of knowledge)
This Command made it
possible for Adam to be “obedient to God”, which made him righteous, and opened
the door to the blessings of God.
Next week we will look at Adam and Eve’s new life together
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