A.
Find Out:
1.
What was the 1st purpose of the sun and moon? v.14,
2.
What was the 2nd purpose of them? v.15
3.
What creatures were created on the fifth day? v.20
4.
What did God tell them to do? v.22
5.
What 3 sorts were created on the sixth day? v.24
6.
How many times does "according to their kinds" occur? v.21-25
B.
Think :
1.
How does the product of each day show that God is a God of variety?
2.
Why do you think He should make such variety?
3.
What did God feel about each thing He made?
C.
Comment :
Having already established the earth, the Lord now establishes
variety of light sources to both light the earth and form days and seasons.
We may take seasons for granted but the positioning of the sun determines
our seasons and what happens in them. Then He populates the seas and
the air that He has already formed, with a tremendous variety of creatures.
Then finally on the sixth day he populates the land masses with a tremendous
variety of land creatures.
From verse 11 on variety has been the
name of the game! Variety in vegetation, plants and trees, variety in
time and light, variety in creatures of the earth.
Two possible reasons that God made such variety
(did you know there are over a thousand different types of edible bean
on the earth!) are:
1)
He ENJOYED making it so and
2)
He did it for OUR ENJOYMENT.
Perhaps we take for granted the great
variety of "Creation" so next time you are watching a TV nature
programme or are out in the country, take note of the variety and praise
and thank the Lord for it.
D.
Application?
1.
Stop and think about the variety of different trees, plants and animals
you know about and the different seasons and climates.
2.
Thank & Praise the Lord for the wonder of this world that He has
given us for our enjoyment