Summary of Genesis 1:3-13:
On the first day, God made light and called it day. He called the darkness night.
On the second day, God made the sky, separating it from the waters.
On the third day, God made God made dry ground, calling it land. The waters he called seas. This He said was good.
God made vegetation on the land, seed-bearing plants and trees that bore fruit and seed. This He said was good.
BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 1, Day 3: Genesis 1:3-13
5) On the first day, God made light and called it day. He called the darkness night.
On the second day, God made the sky, separating it from the waters.
On the thrid day, God made God made dry ground, calling it land. The waters he called seas. This He said was good.
God made vegetation on the land, seed-bearing plants and trees that bore fruit and seed. This He said was good.
6) Part Personal Question. My answer: Day is a particular period of time, and can be whatever you define it as. Our days are the time it takes the earth to complete one full rotation around its axis, encompassing both day and night. God’s days could have been shorter or longer; there truly is no way to know.
Some Bible scholars wonder if the days are geologic days and ages. Others refute this by saying that why would the writers who were inspired by God use the word “day” then? Again, there is no way to know except when we get to heaven and ask God.
7) “Let there be,” “and there was,” “God made,” “It was so,” “And God saw that it was good.”
8 ) Personal question. My answer: God is Almighty, the Creator, and what He says happens. He is in control always and forever. He can create as easy as He can destroy. God is awesome.
Conclusions BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 1, Day 3: Genesis 1:3-13
Love the repetition. So powerful for emphasis. All feature God doing and creating while in control of everything.
End Notes BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 1, Day 3: Genesis 1:3-13
Note the first step from chaos is light. This holds true in our lives as well. God and the gospel are light (2 Corinthians 4:3-6).
God spoke. His word is enough. Remember that as you study God’s word — the Bible — throughout this year.
Genesis tells us that light, day, and night each existed before the sun and the moon were created on the fourth day (Genesis 1:14-19). In the new heavens and the new earth, there won’t be any sun or moon. God Himself will be the light (Revelation 22:5).
Land was in existence before; it was just covered by water; God gathers the water into one place and calls them seas.
Creation of Plants
Plants were created before the sun. If the days were geologic ages, how woudl the plants have survived?
Many say the stars, sun, and moon were created on the first day but weren’t visible until the fourth. (Revelation 21:23) tells us that we won’t need the sun, moon, or stars any longer. It could have been that in the beginning, the plants didn’t need them either.
The plants were created not as seeds, but as full-grown plants each bearing seeds. The chicken really did come before the egg.
According to its kind is a phrase that appears ten times in Genesis chapter 1. It means God allows variation within a kind, but something of one kind will never develop into something of another kind.
And God saw that it was good. God knows what is good and organizes His creation to result in something good.
God does not call the earth good until it has become habitable, a place where man can live. How awesome is that?!
Credit to enduring word for commentary