IN THE BEGINNING, GOD CREATED....
In Genesis, we learn a great truth about Almighty God, that remains consistent throughout the history of humanity: God prepares and then God places.
GOD PREPARES!
On Day One of creation, Genesis 1:1-5, God prepared the heaven (outer space) and the earth for those things He would create on Day Four of creation.
GOD PLACES!
Genesis 1:16 - And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: He made the stars also.
GOD PREPARES!
On Day Two of creation, Genesis 1:6-8, God prepared the heaven (earth's atmosphere) and the seas for those things He would create on Day Five of creation.
GOD PLACES!
Genesis 1:20 - And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that has life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
GOD PREPARES!
On Day Three of creation, Genesis 1:9-13, God prepared for land and vegetation for those things He would create on Day Six of creation.
GOD PLACES!
Genesis1:25-27 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creeps upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth. So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.
A FEW EXAMPLES!
God prepared to flood the earth; He placed Noah in the ark.
God prepared to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah; He placed Lot in the mountain.
God prepared a great fish; He placed Jonah in it for three days.
IN THE BEGINNING, THE WORD CREATED....
John 1:1, 3 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God . . . . All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Colossians 1:16-17 - For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him: and He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.
Hebrews 1:1-2 - God, Who at sundry (various) times and in divers manners (different ways) spoke in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, Whom He hasth appointed heir of all things, by Whom also He made the worlds.
JESUS PREPARES A PLACE FOR BELIEVERS!
John 14:1-3 - Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
Revelation 21:1-4 - And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
TRUST IN THE LORD;
HE HAS PREPARED
HIS BEST FOR YOU!
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