Creation Story

Hey Guys! 
So last night at Youth we watched the first episode of The Bible series. So we decided that we would each talk about one of the stories we watched last night here on the blog.

Okay so the first thing we are going to talk about is the creation story. You can find this story in Genesis 1-3.

Genesis 1:

God created the world in seven days:

1st day: The Light and the Darkness. (3) Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 
2nd day: The Sky and the Water. (6) Then God said, "Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the water of the heavens form the waters of the earth." 
3rd day: The Seas and Land. (10) God called the dry ground "land" and the waters "seas." And God saw that it was good. 
4th day: The Sun, Moon, and the Stars. (14) Then God said, "let lights appear in the sky to separate the day form the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years. (15) Let these lights in the sky shine down on the earth." And that is what happened. (16) God made two great lights-the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night. He also made the stars. 
5th day: The Fish and the Birds. (20) Then God said, "Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind." 
6th day: The Animals and the People. (25) God made all sorts of animals, livestock, and small animals, each able to produce offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good. Then, (27) So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. 
Okay I want to stop for a second. Genesis 1:27 says that we were created IN GOD'S IMAGE. That has always stood out to me. We look like God! How cool is that? 
7th day: God Rested. (Genesis 2:2) On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested form all his work. 

And that my friends is how the world was made! :)

Genesis 2:

So no people ruled the land yet, instead springs came up form the ground and watered the land. Then God created the first man, Adam. He created Adam from dust form the ground. (7) The the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man's nostrils, and the man became a living person. After God created Adam he put him in the Garden of Eden and told him to take care of the garden. He also told Adam never to eat from the tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, if he did he would die. Then God told Adam to name all the animals. 
Then God realized that Adam needed a helper to help him tend for the garden and the animals. So God made Adam fall into a deep sleep. God took out one of Adams ribs and made a women from it. (21) So the Lord God causes the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the Lord God took out one of the man's ribs and closes up the opening. (22) Then the Lord God made a women from the rib, and he brought her to the man.

Genesis 3:

This is when sin enters the world.

One day the Serpent came up to Eve and asked her what they could and could not eat in the Garden. She told him that they could eat form any tree except from the tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. If they did eat from it they would die. The Serpent said that she would not die, she would be like God and know both good and evil if she ate the fruit. (4)"You won't die!" the serpent replied to the women. (5) God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil." So she took the fruit and ate it. She then gave some to Adam, her husband. Once they had both eaten the fruit they were ashamed of their nakedness so they hid and made clothes. 
Soon God came walking in the Garden. God called to them but they did not answer, because they were hiding. When they came out Adam said they were hiding because they were naked. God asked them why they thought they were naked. He then asked them if they had eaten form the tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.
Adam said that it was Eve's fault because she gave the fruit to him and Eve said it was the Serpent's fault because the Serpent tempted her. Hearing this God threw them out of the Garden. Sin had entered the world. With that came pain, sickness, and hardships.

God cursed the Serpent by saying (15) And I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.” This is talking about when Jesus comes. The Devil will try to over power him, but he will not able to because Jesus will be more powerful.

 (16) Then he said to the woman, “I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy, and in pain you will give birth. And you will desire to control your husband, but he will rule over you.” This verse is saying that because of Eve's sin there will be pain in child birth and women will always want to be in control of their husband but they will never be able to be.

(17) And to the man he said, “Since you listened to your wife and ate from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat, the ground is cursed because of you. All your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it. (18) It will grow thorns and thistles for you, though you will eat of its grains. (19) By the sweat of your brow will you have food to eat until you return to the ground  from which you were made. For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return.” This is basically saying that now because of Adam's sin, he would have to work for his food and he would die. 

So that is the creation story! :) Tomorrow Brian is going to be leading us through the story of Noah. Which can be found in Genesis 6-9:17.

If you have anything that stood out to you or if you had any questions please feel free to comment. Thank you so much! :) Have a great day!