The Uninhabitable, Uninhabited, Dark Earth

2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

• Genesis 1:1
• Hebrews 11:3
• Jeremiah 4:23-26

The Workdays of Creation

3-5 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And 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, the first day.

• Exodus 20:11
• Psalm 90:4

The Forming and Filling of an Orderly, Good Creation

• Genesis 1:3-25

God forms, by the power of His word, the uninhabitable earth into something good

• Genesis 1:3-13

God fills, by the power of His word, the now inhabitable earth with good things

• Genesis 1:14-25
• 1 Timothy 4:4-5

So What?

God formed and filled a good creation for His glory and is restoring its goodness through Christ.

• Colossians 1:15-17
• Revelation 21:1-6