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6 GOD PROMISES MAN A REDEEMER 2. Gon CREATES THE WORLD
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G is tells us how God made the world in which we live. It
The rst book of the Bible is called Genesis, and it
divides up the whole work of creation into six days. The word day, as used in the Bible, does not necessa­ rily mean a period of twenty-four hours. Each of the days of creation may have been a long, long time, just as we sometimes speak of something as having hap­ pened in Washington's day or in the day of the stage­ coach, or say that the day of the street car is past, when we mean the time that Washington lived, or the time when people traveled in stagecoaches or in street cars. We must bear in mind that God did not inspire the author of the Book of Genesis to tell us exactly how the world was made. His purpose was that all men, everywhere and until the end of time-the most igno­ rant as well as the greatest scholars-might know "that all things were made by Him, and without Him was made nothing that was made.''
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tion of of Genesis: ''In the beginning God created heaven and heaven
and earth. And the earth was void and empty, and dark­ ea h
This is how the story of creation is told in the Book
ness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters. And God said, 'Be light made.' And light was made. And God saw the light that was good, and He divided the light from the darkness. And He called the light Day, and the dark ness Night; and there was evening and morning one day.
''And God said, 'Let there be a rmament made