Wisdom speaks... "The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old. From everlasting I was established, From the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth. When there were no depths I was brought forth, When there were no springs abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills I was brought forth; While He had not yet made the earth and the fields, Nor the first dust of the world. When He established the heavens, I was there, When He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep, When He made firm the skies above, When the springs of the deep became fixed, When He set for the sea its boundary So that the water would not transgress His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth; Then I was beside Him, as a master workman; And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before Him, Rejoicing in the world, His earth, And having my delight in the sons of men."
Proverbs 8:22-31
What does the Bible say about when creation happened?
O LORD, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth, Who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens!
From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength Because of Your adversaries, To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.
When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained;
What is man that You take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him?
Yet You have made him a little lower than God, And You crown him with glory and majesty!
You make him to rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet,
All sheep and oxen, And also the beasts of the field,
The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
O LORD, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth!
Psalm 8
Filling Up
Then Yahweh spoke with the word, “Waters, swim with
swimming things.” And various kinds of creatures appeared in the water, so the
waters were no longer free to rise up.
Then Yahweh spoke with the word, “Expanse, be flown in with flying things.”
And various kinds of flying creatures appeared in the lower heaven. Yahweh spoke with the word to the swimming
and flying things, “Be fruitful and
multiply, fill the waters and fill the air.” Then Yahweh spoke with the word,
“Land, live with living creatures,” and various kinds of animals appeared on
the land.
“Fish are food, not friends”
Then Yahweh spoke with the word to all the powers,
“Humans are made in our image, so they will rule as a power over the air, over
the water and over the land.” And so
Yahweh created Humans in the image of the gods in the higher heavens in two
forms—male and female. And Yahweh said
with the word to the humans, “Be fruitful and multiply, fill the land and keep
it in line. You are in charge over all
the flying creatures, all the swimming creatures and all the living creatures
on the land. Rule well.”
The End of the Beginning
In this way, Yahweh conquered his enemies and
established Humans as rulers over the earth.
God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
Then God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters." God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so. God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
Then God said, "Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so. God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good.
Ancient Hebrew Text, or, Genesis 1:3-10
The Light Stuff
Yahweh then determined to punish the powers that he
had established over the earth and he replaced them. First of all, he determined to judge
Leviathan and the powers of Darkness. So
Yahweh spoke with the word, “Light—be!” and Light separated the powers of
darkness. God looked at the expanse and spoke with the word, “Lights—be!” and
the heavenly powers of the sun and the moon lived in the expanse. Now, instead
of just the kingdom of darkness that ruled over the earth, there was a time of
light, ruled by the power of the sun and a time of darkness, ruled by the
moon—day and night. No longer was
Leviathan in power over the lower heavens.
Separation of Water and State
Yahweh then punished the waters. Yahweh spoke with the word, “Expanse—be!” and
an expanse appeared above the waters. He spoke with the word “Divide—be!” and
the waters were divided—some on the earth and some in Heaven. Yahweh then spoke with the word “Gather” and
the waters were gathered together. Yahweh
spoke the word “Dry-land—be!” and dry land appeared where the waters were
not. Yahweh spoke with the word,
“Sprout” and vegetation came out all over the land. Thus the earth was divided
into two kingdoms—the kingdom of land and the kingdom of water.
God is my ancient king, who works deliverance in the midst of the earth. You divided the sea by Your strength; You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters. You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness. You broke open springs and torrents; You dried up ever-flowing streams. Yours is the day, Yours also is the night; You have prepared the light and the sun. You have established all the boundaries of the earth; You have made summer and winter.
Ancient Hebrew Song, aka Psalm 74:12-17
The King of Rock
Yahweh God is the creator of all things. Before anything else existed, Yahweh God
created the heavens, where he lived, and the earth. He created powerful beings to live and rule
in heaven—dragons and cherebim and angels—and
they ruled heaven and earth with Yahweh God. He ruled over everything in heaven
and his powers ruled over the sea and over the air. We don’t know how they ruled or what they
ruled, but long before mankind the earth existed with water over all the
surface.
The Emperor Strikes Back
Among the
powers that ruled over the earth was Leviathan, the dragon. But this dragon was wicked and decided to
rebel against Yahweh. He called up his
whole realm—the waters and seas—to lift themselves up against Yahweh and to
take his place as ruler of the universe.
The waters covered the earth and destroyed everything that existed,
making everything Chaos. And Leviathan
roared in heaven and claimed his authority to rule over all, taking out all the
light in the air and bringing darkness.
Thus the powers were called darkness.
Yahweh was angry that these upstarts that he himself created would try
to take his place as ruler and so he fought against them. In great power, Yahweh fought Leviathan and
conquered him—although he was not killed.
