During the nearly twenty years my wife was Sunday school superintendent in two congregations, I wrote a weekly newsletter to help parents review the week’s lessons and apply the point we made to their children’s live. One feature was the Did you know? paragraphs. The idea was to teach the parents something they did not know about the story. These posts expand on those paragraphs for this blog.
[First in a series of posts on Bible Stories] Encore Post: There are two stories about creation in the beginning of the Bible. The first one is an overview of how God made the world and everything in it. The second one tells the story of how God made Adam and Eve.
The first story in the Bible has a rhythm to it. Every day we hear that “God said let … and it was so and God saw that it was good.” (Genesis 1) Every day ends: “evening and morning was the __ day.” God made everything in a very orderly fashion. First He made the land, sea and sky. Then He filled it with living creatures. On the sixth day, He made men and women in His own image. When God had finished creation, He called it very good.
The world is far from very good today. The sin of Adam and Eve brought sin, suffering, grief and death into the world. Yet the beauty and wonder of creation is still there. One day, Jesus will return and take away this curse once and for all. Then we all will see the work God has done and say with Him, it is very good.
Originally posted at What does this Mean? Blog: https://whatdoesthismean.blog
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Pastor Emeritus
Fort Wayne, Indiana
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