Creation reveals God's nature, as the picture the artist. His eternal Power and Godhead are visible in His works. See Romans 1:20. And all things and beings were made through Jesus Christ. Consider Colossians 1:15-16. The hands of the Son of God wove the blue curtains above us and filled them with luminaries. The seas are His and He made them, and filled them with living creatures. The woodlands are the outcome of His mind, and He filled them with flowers and birds. He taught them to live without care. He filled the tiny heart of the mother-bird with love to her young and blessed her. His are the cattle on a thousand hills. He molded the red earth into His own likeness and made Man. We were made to have dominion. See Psalms 8:6-8. Ask Him to put all things, especially all the evil things of your heart, under your feet. The world is good, and if you were good, you would find it so. [source]
Chapter Summary: Genesis 1
1God creates heaven and earth; 3the light; 6the firmament; 9separates the dry land; 14forms the sun, moon, and stars; 20fishes and fowls; 24cattle, wild beasts, and creeping things; 26creates man in his own image, blesses him; 29grants the fruits of the earth for food
What do the individual words in Genesis 1:23 mean?
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.