- Date. The date of creation cannot be determined. The first statement of the book of Genesis places the time in remote and impenetrable antiquity.
- Creator.
The writer of Genesis offers no proof of the existence of Jehovah or of the fact that all things were made by Him.
(
Genesis 1:1-2 ;John 1:1-3 ;Colossians 1:15-17 ;Hebrews 1:10 ;Hebrews 11:3 ). - Light.
The process of creation had probably been going on for ages before light was created by the fiat of Jehovah
(
Genesis 1:1, 3 ;2 Corinthians 4:4 ). - Days of Creation. The fact that the creative work had been going on for unnumbered ages, leads the reverent student to the conclusion that the "days" were ordinary periods of twenty-four hours each, and that each product of Almighty power was finished and appointed to its sphere on its designated day. The phrase "evening and morning" occurs six times in the first account of creation, and it cannot be understood except in the light of the above statement.
- Order of Creation.
- Light,
- Firmament,
- Vegetation,
- Sun, moon, and stars,
- Water animals and fowls,
- Land animals, man—woman.
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