Era 1 Episode 2: Creation, Day 6 & Day 7

In the last episode, we read Genesis 1:1 through 23 about the account of creation over the first five days. The scripture that we're going to cover today is Genesis 1:24 through chapter two, verse four. And this will wrap up the last two days of Creation Week, day six, and of course, day seven. Now, there are three questions that I'd like you to consider asking yourself as you listen.

Number one, when we're reading the scripture, what is it saying? Number two, what does it mean? And then finally, how can we apply what we're learning or hearing to our life?

The Beginnings: Era 1, Episode 2 Show Notes

Genesis 1:24 through Genesis 2:4 NLT

24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the

creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it

was so. 25God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their

kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw

that it was good.

26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over

the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all

the creatures that move along the ground.”

27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and

female he created them.

28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and

subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that

moves on the ground.”

29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every

tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth

and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has

the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.

31God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was

morning—the sixth day.

2 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.

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.

Three Questions to consider as we read through today’s scripture:

1. What is the Scripture saying?

2. What does it mean?

3. How can I apply what I’ve learned to my life?

II. This wraps up Creation Week. Days 6 and 7

A. God created human beings, man, and woman, in our image, in our likeness. He

created them to be like us.

B. What does “us” mean? What does “image” mean?

Colossiansb1:15-17 15 Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was

created and is supreme over all creation, 16 for through him God created

everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see

and the things we can’t see—such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in

the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. 17He existed

before anything else, and he holds all creation together.

C. What is the Trinity?

D. What is the distinction between male and female?

E. What is the Sabbath?

III. God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.

F. What does this say about our own self-image?