The question, what must I do to be saved? is perhaps the most important question we could ask. And yet, it does not occur naturally to anyone. The truth is, without Christ we are all hopelessly lost. The Word of God tells us: “All have sinned and fallen...
Many have never heard of the sabbath. If they have, it is almost always understood to be a Jewish day of worship. I am one who never heard of the word until my mid-twenties. As a former Catholic I had attended church on Sundays just as most...
Notice that “the heaven” is once again singular, as we noted earlier in verse 1. This distinction is noteworthy because by the time we arrive at creation’s summary statement found in Genesis 2: 1-4, the plural (“the heavens”) rather than the singular...
As was mentioned earlier in the study, this “land” was not created on day three but on day one,together with the water. Now God simply commands the land to “appear”(v. 9) from beneath the watery surface, causing “dry land.” Upon this “dry...
This “heaven” in verse 8 is not to be confused with “the heaven” found in verses 1 and 14. Both are terms to describe an expanse or canopy: the former refers to the great expanse of outer space, while the latter refers to the expanse between the clouds...
As was mentioned earlier, there are three “heavens.” Only the first two, however, are called, “firmaments.” We find the first “firmament” here in verse 6. Its purpose was to “divide the waters from the waters,”“the waters which were under the firmament...
