April 2015

The Commission   And God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Then God said, “Behold, I have given […]

Unity And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them (Gen 1:27).  Man was originally created male and female. After the woman was taken from man, it would take both the man and the woman, in unity, to reveal the image of

Authority “and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth” (see Gen 1:26). The Lord is the King of kings and Lord of lords. It is, therefore, a

The Crown   Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness (Gen 1:26).   What greater honor could there possibly be than to be created in the image of God? Man is the crown of God\’s creation. If there is any way for us to measure the success of

Diversity   Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind;” and it was so. And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground

Fruitfulness   And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day (Gen 1:22-23). The very first blessing the Lord pronounced over His creation was to be fruitful and multiply. Children

Life Then God said, “Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.” And God created the great sea monsters, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind;

The Lights Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years; and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and

The Seed Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with seed in them, on the earth”; and it was so. And the earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with seed in them, after their kind;

The Nations   Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so. And God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good (Gen 1:9-10).   In Scripture,