Creation

“In the beginning God created.”  Everything we see in the skies, everything we see on land, and even the things that are past the realm of our eyesight were created by God and for God. The waves of the sea, stars in the sky, flowers flowing on the plains, trees of the forests, and the jagged peaks of the mountain ranges were created by God and for God. The fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the animals that walk the land all were created by God and for God. All that we see God created “in the beginning” and declared it good.

God did not stop there; his most precious creation was still to be spoken into existence. On the sixth day, “God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.'” (Genesis 1:27-28) And now, with his creative work completed, God declared that it was very good.

From the moment of creation onward, God continued to interact in relationship with his creation giving mankind instruction, entrusting them with responsibility, and providing for their every need. He gave them paradise, and it was theirs to enjoy and to tend. However, mankind was not only created in a Divine-Human covenant, God also created him to be in relationship with one another. Genesis 2:18 tells us the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make a helper fit for him.” God created man and woman and placed them in covenant relationship: joined together, made one flesh. The Garden was truly paradise as relationships functioned in perfect harmony.
If God created everything just as scripture tells us (harmony, peace, complete provision, and unity between God and man and with each other), then what happened? It is obvious that we no longer have this “paradise” but rather a broken world full of sickness, death, injustice and suffering. What Went Wrong?