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After six long hard days of work God took rest. He stepped back, sat down and relaxed after his hard work of creating the universe. God declared that day Holy, as it was the day in which he was able to admire his hard work. After his day of rest God creates Adam from dust of the ground. He breathes life through his nostrils and Adam becomes a living person. God decides to build the perfect place for Adam. God didn’t build a palace, or a mansion; he built a garden. God built a garden, named it Eden, and sticks Adam in it.

God immediately grants Adam freedom. His intention was that he would place Adam into the garden of Eden and have him tend to and watch over it. But in Genesis 2:16-17 God warned Adam. He said “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.” So God gives Adam freedom and tests him with one simple command. God’s warning was deeper then don’t eat the fruit. It wasn’t as if the fruit would physically kill him. The truth is God was testing Adam’s obedience and if Adam were to remain obedient and not eat the fruit he would have eternal life. So God warned him ….

It Adam’s best interest God decided that it was not good for him to be alone so he created many helpers and companions to help Adam. He created all living things from the ground but nothing seemed to be right. So placed Adam into a deep sleep and while he was sleeping he removed one of Adam’s ribs and closed him back up. With this God created a woman, and brought her to Adam. Adam was thrilled! and says “At last!” , “This one is bone from my bone, and flesh from my flesh! She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken from ‘man.”

This gives us a whole new meaning to marriage and the phrase “and two be come one flesh” doesnt it?

So after the two became one flesh the man and woman where both naked in the garden, but they felt no shame. They felt no shame because sin had not been introduced to the world yet. Stay tuned, sin is crouching by the door, but you must subdue it and be it’s master (Genesis 4:7)…..

Genesis 1 is about the creation. It is often referred to as The Account of Creation. Here is a quick recap of what happens in Genesis 1.

• God said “Let there be light”, and there was light. The he separated light from dark and called one day and one night. This is the creation of day and night and marks the completion of Day 1.

• God said “Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth.” God called this “Sky.” This is the creation of the sky. This marks the completion of Day 2.

• God said “Let the waters beneath the sky flow together in one place, so dry ground may appear.” God called the dry ground “land” and the waters “sea.” This is the creation of Land and Sea. God also creates vegetation saying “Let the land sprout with vegetation–every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they come.” This marks the creation of vegetation, plants, fruits, seeds, etc. This marked the completion of Day 3.

• God said “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them mark off the seasons, days, and years. Let these lights in the sky shine down on earth.” So God made two great lights (Sun and Moon). The Sun (larger one) was present during the day time, and the moon (smaller one) was present at night. God also made stars and placed the Sun, the Moon, and the Stars in the sky. He did this to separate day from night and light from dark. This marked the completion of Day 4.

• On Day 5 God created the fish and other water life. He also said “… Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind.” This is the creation of every time of bird, fish and water life. This marked the completion of Day 5.

• On the 6th Day God creates many things. God said “Let the earth produce every sort of animal, each producing offspring of the same kind–livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and wild animals.” Then God said “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, and all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.” Then Genesis 1:27 it states 27So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Look at that, from the beginning we were created in the image of God. That’s pretty radical if you ask me.

This is just a quick down and dirty of Genesis 1, which is the creation of heaven, earth, animals, fish, birds, and humans. Check out Genesis 1 for more information.