Bible Study Course
Book of Genesis
Part 2
Chapter 8
Genesis 1:17-18 (continued)
#1—God made the sun, moon, and stars to give light upon the earth.
#2—God made the SUN, and coupled with the rotation speed of the earth, this
provides us the length of time for our DAYS.
#3—God made the MOON to provide us with a measurement for our
MONTHS and our SEASONS.
#4—God also made the STARS to provide us with a measurement for our
SEASONS.
#5—God also made the SUN (along with the earth’s rotation around it), to provide
us with a measurement for our YEARS.
Note:
It takes the earth one year to rotate an
orbit
or
revolution
around the sun (365¼
days).
It has been calculated that the earth is flying
through space at about 67,062 miles-per-hour in its huge, yearly orbit around
the sun.
Do you really believe in evolution? Do you really believe that everything came about by chance,
and that no one is in control? Then you better fear for your life, because you are going forward through space
at over 67,000 miles-per-hour (or backwards, or sideways, or right or left, as the earth rotates);
and you are also spinning at up to 1,000 miles-per-hour (if you are at the
equator).
Just the speeds at which we are traveling, shows the glory and power of Almighty
God.
1. Colossians 1:16-17 says, “For by him were all
things ______________, that are in ____________, and that are in __________,
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 ______________.”
Note:
The word
consist
means, “to stand together; to be supported and maintained” (Noah Webster’s 1828
Dictionary)
Have you ever been driving down the road, and saw
someone lose part of the load that he was carrying in his truck?
He probably tried to hold his load together by
straps and other means, but they were not enough to hold the load at the speeds
he was travelling—speeds of just 55-70 miles per hour.
What about this earth, travelling at over 67,000 miles
per hour through space, and spinning at 1,000 miles per hour?
It would all break apart at such tremendous
speeds, if it were not for God holding it all together.
2. Psalm 147:5 says, “__________ is our Lord, and of great __________: his
understanding is ________________.”
Note:
One day, when God creates a new heaven and a new earth, there will be no sun,
moon, and stars.
3. Revelation 21:1 says, “And I saw a new ____________ and a new __________: for
the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more
sea.”
4. Revelation 21:23 says, “And the city had ____ need of the ______, neither of
the ________, to shine in it: for the __________ of ______ did lighten it, and
the Lamb is the light thereof.”
This makes sense that there will be NO SUN or MOON for the new heaven and earth,
because TIME WILL END,
as we know it, when the 1,000 year Millennium is finished.
5. Revelation 10:5-6 says, “And the angel which I saw
stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever,
who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the
things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that
there should be ________
____
____________.”
Note:
Remember that God did not need to create the sun, moon, and stars for light,
because He
is
light.
6. John 8:12 says, “Then spake __________ again unto them, saying, I am the
__________ of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but
shall have the light of life.”
Note:
The Bible reveals that one of the major purposes of those lights was for the
measurement of
time.
7. Genesis 1:14 says, “And God said, Let there be ____________ in the firmament
of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and
for seasons, and for ________, and __________.”
DAYS
and YEARS are how we keep track of TIME. When time is over, there will be
no days, or years.
8. Revelation 22:5 says, “And there shall be ____
__________ there; and they need no candle,
neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them __________: and they
shall reign for ever and ever.”
For the saved, there will NEVER be a NIGHT again—it will always be light.
But for the lost, there will
NEVER be a DAY again—it will always be dark.
9. Psalms 49:19 says, “He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall
__________ see __________.”
10. Jude 1:12-13 says, “These are spots in your feasts
of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds
they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth,
without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own
shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the __________________ of
________________ for ________.”
11.
2 Peter 2:17 says, “These are wells without
water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of
________________ is reserved for ________.”
Genesis 1:19
1. Genesis 1:19 says, “And the ______________ and the ______________ were the
fourth day.”
Note:
Another day in the Creation Week, Day 4, comes to a
close.
Once again, we see the proof that each day of the
Creation Week was a literal 24 hour day.
The word
evening
describes the
gradual
darkening of the day into night.
The word
morning
describes the
gradual
lighting of the night into day.
The reason that both are gradual, is because of
the rotation of the earth before the source of light.
So we see that from the very first day of
creation, God set the earth spinning or rotating.
As Day 4 comes to a close, we ponder all that God
accomplished in that day.
He created the sun, moon, and trillions and
trillions of stars, and put them all in their precise courses.
This day will also come to a close.
Where do you stand before the true and holy God
who created all things?
On what course are you presently going: the
course to heaven, through the precious and pure blood of the Lord Jesus
Christ—or the course ending in eternal doom and destruction in the lake of fire
for ever and ever?
You have no guarantee of another day to make
this decision.
2. I have repented of my sins, and have asked the Lord Jesus Christ to save me.
r
Yes
r
No
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