Genesis 1:29-31

Genesis 1:29-31

[29] And God  said,  Behold,  I have given  you every herb  bearing  seed,  which is upon the face  of all the earth,  and every tree,  in the which is the fruit  of a tree  yielding  seed;  to you it shall be  for meat.  [30] And to every beast  of the earth,  and to every fowl  of the air,  and to every thing that creepeth  upon the earth,  wherein there is life,  I have given every green  herb  for meat:  and it was so. [31] And God  saw  every thing that  he had made,  and, behold, it was very  good.  And the evening  and the morning  were the sixth  day. 

What does Genesis 1:29-31 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

God gave man authority and responsibility to regulate nature and to advance civilization. Nature was to serve Prayer of Manasseh , not vice versa. This does not give man the right to abuse nature, however. [1] Neither does it justify giving animals and plants the "rights" of human beings.
"Man is the climax of creation, and instead of man providing the gods with food, God provided the plants as food for man ( Genesis 1:29)." [2]
Genesis 1:29 suggests that man was originally a vegetarian. After the Flood, God told man that he could eat animals ( Genesis 1:27-31). The animals may also have been herbivorous at first ( Genesis 1:30). [3]
Genesis 9:3 are a general account of human creation. The more detailed account of the creation of Adam and Eve follows in Genesis 2:4-25. These two accounts do not necessarily reflect a two-document composition of the creation story, but they illustrate the writer"s purpose. In chapter1He wanted to emphasize the creation of humankind in the larger context of the cosmic creation.
There are three major viewpoints regarding the origin of man as recorded in Genesis 1:26-31; Genesis 2:7; and Genesis 2:21-25.
1."Evolution" (both Darwinian and neo-Darwinian) asserts that all living organisms arose from a single, simple cell through a process that took millions of years. This first cell resulted from the accumulation of chemical and protein elements that came together because of unknown change factors over a long time period. This view contradicts Scripture, and it is not scientifically demonstrable. [4]
2."Theistic evolution" attempts to blend Scripture and scientific theories. It holds that God ordered and directed the evolutionary process. This view fails to explain specific statements in the text of Scripture adequately; it accommodates the text to scientific theory. The major problem with this view is that it is not completely true to either science or Scripture but is inconsistent. [5]
3."Special creation" asserts that God produced the world and all life forms through a series of supernatural acts. Some special creationists believe He did this in a relatively brief period of time. Others, such as progressive creationists, believe the creation process took thousands of years. This view gives primacy to the text of Scripture and interprets it more literally, historically, and grammatically. [6]
"Progressive creationism" teaches that God created the universe in several acts of creation that time periods of indefinite duration separated. The process of evolution was at work within these eras and accounts for the development of phyla, species, etc. [7] The following quotation distinguishes theistic evolution from progressive creationism.
"I do not believe in theistic evolution. Theistic evolution means simply that God guided the evolutionary process so that it is not to be explained on a purely naturalistic basis. It assumes that all living things, including Prayer of Manasseh , are biologically descended from a common ancestor. By contrast with theistic evolution, Scripture indicates that God made different basic kinds of beings and that all existing plants and animals are not descended from a common ancestor." [8]
I do not believe that Scripture supports progressive creationism, as these notes will explain.