Daily Meditation -  BIBLE STUDY
"The Bible" - Series II 
Issue 1 -  GENESIS - Chapter 1-2 - "Creation" 

God created man "in His own Image and after His Likeness"
GENESIS 1:26
By Patriarch John Williams
(Founder/President: IICM OF NY - iicm@aol.com )
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THE CREATION OF THE WORLD AND 
ALL THE LIVING CREATURES BY GOD 
THE CONDITION THAT PREVAILED BEFORE CREATION 

The Earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.  And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the Waters [Genesis 1:2]
THE ORDER OF CREATION

1st DAY
 God said, 'let there be light': and there was light.  God divided the light from the darkness and he called the light 'Day' and the darkness he called 'Night' [Genesis 1:3-5]
2nd DAY
God said, "Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.   God called the dry land 'Earth' and the gathering together of the waters called he "Seas". [Genesis 1:8-10]   

3rd DAY                 
God said, "let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth and it was so.  And the earth brought forth Grass, and Herb yielding seed after his kind, and the Tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind; and this was the third day.  [Genesis 1:11]
4th DAY
God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night.  God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day (Sun), and the lesser light to rule the night (Moon): this was the fourth day. [Genesis 1:14-19]
5TH DAY 
God said, "Let the waters bring forth abundantly by moving creatures that hath life and Foul that may fly above the earth in the open firmament in heaven.  And God created great Whales and every Living Creature that liveth which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind and every winged foul, after his kind.  God blessed them saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, fill the waters and the seas, and let the foul multiply in the earth."  This was the fifth day [Genesis 1:20-23]
6TH DAY 
God said, "Let the earth bring for the living creature after his kind, Cattle, and Creeping Thing that creepeth upon the earth." God created him male and female.  God blessed them, and God said unto them, "Be fruitful, and multiply and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over it". [Genesis 1:24-28]
7TH DAY
On the seventh day, God ended his work and He Rested from all his work which He had made.  And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it: because that in it He had rested from all his work which God created and made. [Genesis 2:2-3]
The Creation of Man & The Garden of Eden [Genesis 2:7- ]
The Lord God formed man out of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and Man became a living soul.  

The Lord God planted a Garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.  Out of his ground, God caused the trees to grow which was pleasant to the sight and good for food; the Tree of Life also was in the midst of the garden, the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.  A river went out of Eden to water the garden. The names of these Rivers were Pison [where there was gold],  Gihon [which passed through the land of Ethiopia], Hiddekel [which passed through Assyria] and Euprhates.

God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden.  God said to the man that he may eat from every tree of the garden: but of the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, ye shall not eat of it: for in the day thou eatest thereof, thou shall surely die [Genesis 2: ]
The Creation of Eve- the First Woman
God said that it is not good that man should be alone.  He said he will make a helpmeet for him.  The Lord God cause a deep sleep upon Adam, and he slept: and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; and the rib which the Lord God had taken from man, made He a woman and brought her unto the man.  And Adam said this is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. [Genesis 2:17-24] 

The Characteristics and the Attributes on Man
1. Ability and Capacity to love and to have fellowship/friendship 
    with God
2. Ability to communicate with God
3. Ability to creative in thinking and imagination
4. Ability to use his will and discretion and make decision
5. Ability to discern good and evil and to choose what he desires
6. Ability to obey God's Laws or Violate them
7. Ability to rule and exercise dominion over the whole earth
8. Ability to resist the devil or yield to his temptation, ignoring God's Counsel and Law
9. Ability to speak in line with the word of God or contrary to it
10. Ability to believe and live by faith in the word of God
     (We should develop these God given abilities and traits, and use 
      them properly to get the maximum Blessings!)
WHY SHOULD WE BELIEVE WE THAT THE CREATION THEORY MENTIONED IN "THE BIBLE" 
IS AUTHENTIC AND TRUE? 
I. WHY SHOULD WE BELIEVE THE "THEORY OF CREATION? 

1. Because it is True, and it is recorded in the Bible.
2. Because for everything that is recorded in the Bible there is Irrefutable Proof
3. Because, if we do not believe that God Created man and every living creature, including 
    the earth, we should not believe anything that is recorded in the Bible. 

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II. WHY WE "SHOULD NOT" REJECT THE RECORD IN THE BIBLE ABOUT 
    THE CREATION OF MAN? 
1. If we do, we will have to reject everything that is recorded in The Bible, as false
2. If we do, we will have to reject the Old Testament and the New Testament, as false
3. If we do, we will have to reject the Story of Adam and Eve, as false
4. If we do, we will have to reject the Flood and the Ark of Noah, as false
5. If we do, we will have to reject the Existence of all the Characters of the Bible and their Stories (such as 
    Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ishmael, Saul, David, Solomon, Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Paul, Peter, John 
    etc), as false
6. If we do, we will have to reject the Birth, Life, Teachings, Miracles, Death, Atoning Works, Resurrection, 
    The Second Coming, and everything about Christ!
 

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III. WE SHOULD BELIEVE THE BIBLE IS TRUE, BECAUSE OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS?
1. Because there is adequate Admissible and Credible Evidence to prove that the Bible Geography is true 
2. Because there is adequate Admissible and Credible Evidence to prove that the Bible History is true
3. Because there is adequate Admissible and Credible Evidence to prove that the Bible Genealogy is true
4. Because there is adequate Admissible and Credible Evidence to prove that the Bible Chronology is true
5. Because there is adequate Admissible and Credible Evidence to prove that the Bible Culture and Civilizations 
    mentioned in the Bible are true
6. Because there is adequate Admissible and Credible Evidence to prove that the Archaeological Evidences that 
    prove the Bible still exist until now
7. Because there is adequate Admissible and Credible Evidence to prove that the Bible Prophecies are true
8. Because there is adequate Admissible and Credible Evidence to prove that the Bible is Confirmed and Proved by 
    the Bible itself
9. Because there is adequate Admissible and Credible Evidence to prove that in the Bible there is no Contradiction
10. Because there is adequate Admissible and Credible Evidence to prove that the Bible itself Proves what is 
      recorded in the Bible
11. Because there is adequate Admissible and Credible Evidence to prove that the Angelology and Demonology are  
      true
12. Because there is adequate Admissible and Credible Evidence to prove that the Fulfillment of the End-Time 
      Bible Prophecies (Eschatology), in our times!
13. Because there is adequate Admissible and Credible Evidence to prove that the Survival of the Jewish People, 
     from the beginning until today, and the re-occupation of the land of Israel (Canaan) promised and given to them by 
     God Himself, in spite of all the Persecutions, Holocaust, Wars, etc, they went through, and are still going through,       still retaining the land given to them by God, because God is fighting for them!
14. Because there is adequate Admissible and Credible Evidence to prove that the Calendar that we use to-day that is 
      based on the Bible 
15. Because there is adequate Admissible and Credible Evidence to prove that the way Sunday is observed as the Day 
      of Rest through out the History since the time of Creation

- THE END- 

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