The creation story




By Tabitha Manyonga

Alpha, He is called

For He is the  beginning of it all

It was in the beginning

That the heaven and earth was created

Earth was without form and void

All was darkness

His Spirit was hovering upon the face of the waters

God, all by Himself stood and said

'Let there be light'

Wow, light shone brightly from that instant

He saw that it was so beautiful and good

From that moment He divided light from darkness

Light, He named Day

Darkness, He named Night

So Evening and Morning were the first day

'Let there be a firmament in the midst o the waters'

He declared on the second day

This divided the waters from the waters

He named the upper firmament Heaven

On the third day he called out

'Let the waters under heaven be gathered together unto one place and let there be dry land'

And it was so

Yes it was good

The gathered water, He named Seas

And the dry land is this beautiful Earth

As if it were not enough on that same day

He made the Earth fruitful

Through bringing forth grass, herbs and trees

The fourth day, He did not tire

'Let there be light in the firmament of Heaven to divide Day from Night and there be signs for seasons, days,and years and lights above to give light upon earth at all times'

He declared.

Two great lights Sun and Moon appeared as well as the stars

Sun the greater light rule the day

Moon the lesser light rule the night with the help of stars

On day 5 God said,

'Let the waters bring forth moving creatures that has life and birds that may fly above earth in the open firmament of Heaven'

All fish and birds were created which was so good

He blessed them by fruitfulness and multiplication

Now day 6, still going on with the wonderful works

'Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, creeping thing, beast'

He declared and again it was so and good

But there needed someone to have dominion over fish, birds, cattle, earth and all creeping thing For this He declared,

'Let us make man in our image after our likeness'

And man was created in His own image

Both male and female, He wonderfully created

He blessed them with fruitfulness and multiplication

He gave them strength to replenish the earth and subdue it and dominion over all creation on earth

Man and all animals created were given the herbs and trees that yield fruit as food

All of this was very good

Finally on the seventh day, He rested

The seventh day He blessed and sanctified it

For it was the day He rested from all the work He created and made...

Gen 1.1~31, Gen 2.1~3

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