No 9

(Day 3 of Creation)

On day three, the dry land was made to appear; the continents were probably formed at this time also. Can you imagine the great tectonic upheaval that occurred when God made all this happen; the mountains shot out of the water at an average height of 2000 feet above sea level and the great depths of the oceans at an average depth of 13,000 feet? No humans witnessed these events but the Bible says that the angels did. In Job 38 :1-8, the writer says that “the sons of God shouted for joy” (vs. 7) after seeing the extraordinary events of day three. This day is not really a creation day (as opposed to days 1, 5 and 6); notice that The Bible says in Gen. 1 :11 : “And God said : let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed and the fruit tree” and in verse 12 “and the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed and after his kind the tree yielding fruit, whose seed is in itself after his kind ”. The material that was required to bring forth the green plants and the fruit trees was already there; all it needed was God’s word and life began. God created plants and fruit trees to be used as food for humans and animals that were to be created later on. In Genesis 1 :29 & 30 the Bible says; “And God said I have given you every herb bearing seed….the fruit of a tree…to you it shall be for meat….and to every beast of the earth….I have given every green herb for meat”. Photosynthesis is the term used for a process in which chlorophyll-containing cells in green plants convert light to chemical energy and make organic compounds from inorganic compounds. Light energy from the sun plus water, carbon dioxide and a Divine blueprint make this process possible. As we all know, there are those who believe that there are millions of years between each creation day (Progressive Creation Theory); this poses a serious problem when it comes to the process of photosynthesis. How could plants survive without the sun for millions of years? They didn’t have to….God created the sun on the fourth day, twenty-fours hours after He created the plants. So, they were not without the sun for more than 24 hours; pretty neat, huh? But, as perfect as the plants were at the outset, they too were affected by Adam & Eve’s sin – the Bible says in Genesis 3 :18 that the : “Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee”. As a direct result of the Fall, plants now bear thorns and thistles that, botanically speaking, can be traced back to a degeneration process of plant life. God made everything perfect but man, unfortunately, spoiled it and we reap of this act of disobedience to this very day.