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The very first verse in the Bible tells us that God made the world. He made everything in it. He did not make it all at once; he did it over a period of six days. God was very orderly when he made the world. He did not make one kind of tree and five different kinds of beetles on Day One, and then on Day Two make the sun and a few fish. No, he made it all in a very orderly fashion and he did a perfect job.

First of all, how did God make the world? Did he blow really hard and everything just came together? No. Did he clap his hands? No. Did he take a bunch of building materials and design everything out of them? No. He spoke everything into existence. That means that he said, “Let there be,” and there was.

On Day One of Creation, God made light. The Bible says that God said, “Let there be light:” and there was light! Then he divided the light from the darkness. That may be hard to understand, because I don’t think any of us have ever seen light and darkness together! God called the light Day, and he called the darkness Night.

On Day Two of Creation, we see that God created a firmament. The Bible tells us that he did this to “divide the waters from the waters.” He created a division between the waters far, far away somewhere in outer space, and the waters here on earth. And then God called the firmament Heaven. This is not the same as the heaven were God’s children go when they die; this heaven is the sky and outer space.

On Day Three of Creation, God divided the waters from the dry land (otherwise it would probably just be all muddy soup) and named the dry land and the waters. And then God made plants. He made trees, herbs, and grass.

It was not until Day Four of Creation that God made the sun, moon, and stars. God made the sun, the “greater light”, to “rule the day” and the moon, the “lesser light”, to “rule the night”. God gave us the sun, moon, and stars for signs and to mark seasons, days, and years.

On the Fourth Day God made the birds and fish, including whales. On the sixth day God made bugs and land animals. Then finally, he made man. The Bible says that God made man to have dominion over all of the animals. That means that we are to be in charge and take care of them. It does not mean we should worship them -- neither does it mean that we are to abuse them. It simply means that we are to be good stewards of the earth that God has given us.

It is interesting to notice that God did not give all of the creatures he created on the Fourth Day meat for food. He gave them fruit, vegetable, and plants to eat. While this may seem strange at first, I think it was that because there was no death (before Adam and Eve sinned), there could be no killing of animals for meat. Therefore, since they had to eat something, God gave them the green plants.

Yes, God created a perfect world. It is interesting to study just what he made and how he made it.