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creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their
kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it
was good.”
Genesis 1:25, “And God made the beasts of the earth
after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything
that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was
good.” And then He created man, Genesis 1:31, “And God saw
all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there
was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.” After He
finished, Genesis 2:1&2, “Thus the heavens and the earth were
completed, and all their hosts. And by the seventh day God
completed His work which He had done; and He rested on the
seventh day from all His work which He had done.”
The key to understanding that God rested, on day one
He said, “That’s good.” On day two He finished and said,
“That’s good.” And days three, four and five He said, “Good,
good, good.” And when He created man he said, “Very good.”
God was pleased with His creation. It was finished. It was
completed and He was happy. God was satisfied. One reason
He made man on the sixth day is because man would say, “May
I please help you. One grain of sand, one blade of grass; can I
help?”
God created man when everything was finished. Man’s
first day was the Sabbath so he could enter rest. Everything was
done and finished and complete. You couldn’t add to it and you
couldn’t subtract from it. It was a full and complete creation.
God’s joy and happiness and satisfaction in finished creation is
a picture of His joy and happiness in a finished redemption.
John 19:30 when Jesus was on the cross, “When Jesus therefore
had received the sour wine, He said, ‘It is finished!’ And He
bowed His head, and gave up His spirit.” When He brought so
great a salvation to man He said, “It is finished!”
That’s the work that Elijah and Moses talked to Jesus
about on the Mount of Transfiguration. Luke 9:31, “…who,
appearing in glory, were speaking of His departure which He
was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.” They talked about the
work that He would accomplish. When I die I don’t
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