I, Moses, was given the privilege of recording the very beginning of all things. Let me tell you what the Lord revealed to me about how it all began.
In the beginning, there was nothing but the Spirit of God moving over the face of the deep. Then God spoke, and His words carried the power of creation itself. 'Let there be light,' He said, and light burst forth into existence, piercing the primordial darkness. God saw that the light was good, and He separated it from the darkness, calling the light Day and the darkness Night. This was the first day.
On the second day, God created the expanse of the heavens, separating the waters above from the waters below. The sky stretched out like a magnificent canopy over the earth.
The third day brought forth the dry land, rising up from the gathered seas. God commanded the earth to bring forth vegetation - grass, herbs bearing seed, and fruit trees yielding fruit after their kind. The barren ground became clothed in green.
God then set lights in the heavens on the fourth day - the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night, along with the stars. These were to serve as signs for seasons, days, and years.
The fifth day saw the waters teeming with living creatures and birds flying across the face of the heavens. God blessed them and commanded them to be fruitful and multiply.
On the sixth day, God created the beasts of the earth, cattle, and every creeping thing. Then came the crowning act of creation. God said, 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.' He formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. Man became a living soul.
And on the seventh day, God rested from all His work, blessing and sanctifying that day. This is how the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Every time I look upon a sunrise, every time I see the stars at night, I am reminded that our God is a God of order, beauty, and purpose. He spoke, and it was so.