1. Following the Creator’s Pattern

2. The Order of Creation  Day 1: Illumine and Order  God calls light into existence; He separates light from dark, calling the light “day” and the dark “night”

3. The Order of Creation  Day 1: Illumine and Order  God calls light into existence; He separates light from dark, calling the light “day” and the dark “night”  Day 2: Order  God separates the waters above from the waters below; He calls the expanse in between them “heaven” (notice, He does not call anything good on this day)

4. The Order of Creation  Day 1: Illumine and Order  God calls light into existence; He separates light from dark, calling the light “day” and the dark “night”  Day 2: Order  God separates the waters above from the waters below; He calls the expanse in between them “heaven” (notice, He does not call anything good on this day)  Day 3: Order  God gathers the waters into one place and the dry land appears from beneath; dry land is called “earth” and the waters are called “seas”; God also brings vegetation onto the earth bearing seed “after their kind” (plants and fruit trees); God creates life and then gives it the capacity to make more life (implicit in His creation is that ability to create more— delegation of great responsibility)

5. The Order of Creation  Day 1: Illumine and Order  God calls light into existence; He separates light from dark, calling the light “day” and the dark “night”  Day 2: Order  God separates the waters above from the waters below; He calls the expanse in between them “heaven” (notice, He does not call anything good on this day)  Day 3: Order  God gathers the waters into one place and the dry land appears from beneath; dry land is called “earth” and the waters are called “seas”; God also brings vegetation onto the earth bearing seed “after their kind” (plants and fruit trees); God creates life and then gives it the capacity to make more life (implicit in His creation is that ability to create more—delegation of great responsibility)  Day 4: Illumine, Order and Fill  God creates the luminaries (light-bearers) in the heavens (sun, moon and stars) to fill the heavens and for the purpose of separating the day from night, for signs and seasons and days and years; God delegates responsibility for order in the universe

6. The Order of Creation  Day 1: Illumine and Order  God calls light into existence; He separates light from dark, calling the light “day” and the dark “night”  Day 2: Order  God separates the waters above from the waters below; He calls the expanse in between them “heaven” (notice, He does not call anything good on this day)  Day 3: Order  God gathers the waters into one place and the dry land appears from beneath; dry land is called “earth” and the waters are called “seas”; God also brings vegetation onto the earth bearing seed “after their kind” (plants and fruit trees); God creates life and then gives it the capacity to make more life (implicit in His creation is that ability to create more— delegation of great responsibility)  Day 4: Illumine, Order and Fill  God creates the luminaries (light-bearers) in the heavens (sun, moon and stars) to fill the heavens and for the purpose of separating the day from night, for signs and seasons and days and years; God delegates responsibility for order in the universe  Day 5: Fill  God creates the creatures of the sea and the birds of the air; God blesses them and tells them to “Be fruitful and multiply” and fill their respective habitats 

7. The Order of Creation  Day 1: Illumine and Order  God calls light into existence; He separates light from dark, calling the light “day” and the dark “night”  Day 2: Order  God separates the waters above from the waters below; He calls the expanse in between them “heaven” (notice, He does not call anything good on this day)  Day 3: Order  God gathers the waters into one place and the dry land appears from beneath; dry land is called “earth” and the waters are called “seas”; God also brings vegetation onto the earth bearing seed “after their kind” (plants and fruit trees); God creates life and then gives it the capacity to make more life (implicit in His creation is that ability to create more— delegation of great responsibility)  Day 4: Illumine, Order and Fill  God creates the luminaries (light-bearers) in the heavens (sun, moon and stars) to fill the heavens and for the purpose of separating the day from night, for signs and seasons and days and years; God delegates responsibility for order in the universe  Day 5: Fill  God creates the creatures of the sea and the birds of the air; God blesses them and tells them to “Be fruitful and multiply” and fill their respective habitats   Day 6: Fill  God creates the land animals “after their kind”; God creates human beings “in His image and according to His likeness”; it’s a categorically different creation here and one that is differentiated because now we are after “His kind”; He then gives humanity the responsibility to “be fruitful and multiply” in addition to the delegation to rule and tend the rest of creation