Now life starts to be created, first of all living creatures in the water and birds in the air. The creatures were commanded to be fruitful and multiply, and to fill the earth.
The next day God made the land creatures. Again it is emphasised that every kind of living creature was made by God.
Mankind was also created on the same day. The key feature of mankind is that he was created in God's image. We were created to rule over all the other living creatures. Man is distinct from all the other animals. All talk about us just being another animal, or that other animals are equal with us and have equal "rights" is nonsense. Now this does not give us the right to mistreat animals, and we are to use this authority to take good care of the earth, not to exploit it. But we are worth more than animals.
We were created in the image of God, male and female. So we also see that right from the beginning male and female are of equal value. We too were blessed by God and given the command to multiply, we were also told to subdue the earth. It also appears that originally everything was vegetarian.
On the seventh day God rested from His creation. This signifies completeness. Some use this as an argument against evolution, but this seems rather dubious. For in one sense Christ completed His work of salvation on the cross, yet we also see that salvation work extending across space and time.
The next day God made the land creatures. Again it is emphasised that every kind of living creature was made by God.
Mankind was also created on the same day. The key feature of mankind is that he was created in God's image. We were created to rule over all the other living creatures. Man is distinct from all the other animals. All talk about us just being another animal, or that other animals are equal with us and have equal "rights" is nonsense. Now this does not give us the right to mistreat animals, and we are to use this authority to take good care of the earth, not to exploit it. But we are worth more than animals.
We were created in the image of God, male and female. So we also see that right from the beginning male and female are of equal value. We too were blessed by God and given the command to multiply, we were also told to subdue the earth. It also appears that originally everything was vegetarian.
On the seventh day God rested from His creation. This signifies completeness. Some use this as an argument against evolution, but this seems rather dubious. For in one sense Christ completed His work of salvation on the cross, yet we also see that salvation work extending across space and time.
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