1. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3. And God said, "Let there be light, " and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5. God called the light "day, " and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning--the first day. 6. And God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water." 7. So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. 8. God called the expanse "sky." And there was evening, and there was morning--the second day. 9. And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so. 10. God called the dry ground "land, " and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good. 11. Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds." And it was so. 12. The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13. And there was evening, and there was morning--the third day. 14. And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, 15. and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so. 16. God made two great lights--the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17. God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, 18. to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19. And there was evening, and there was morning--the fourth day. 20. And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky." 21. So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22. God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth." 23. And there was evening, and there was morning--the fifth day. 24. And God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind." And it was so. 25. God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 26. Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." 27. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.28. God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground." 29. Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground--everything that has the breath of life in it--I give every green plant for food." And it was so. 31. God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning--the sixth day.
하나님께서 행하시고 명령하신 것 → 창조, 좋아하심 / 번성할 것
하나님께서는 창세기 1장 말씀을 통하여 1절에서 창조하심을 나타내셨습니다. 하나님께서는 당신께서 세상을 창조하신 것을 이 세상에 선포하시고 우리 피조물이 알기를 원하셨습니다. 그리고 첫째 날에 빛, 둘째 날에 궁창, 셋째 날에 바다, 땅, 식물, 넷째 날에 해, 달, 별, 다섯째 날에 조류와 어류, 여섯째 날에 동물과 사람을 창조하셨습니다. 그야말로 엄청난 창조의 역사를 6일간 행하셨습니다. 그런데, 그 창조하신 것을 보시고 창조주 하나님께서는 좋아하셨습니다. 그 창조물을 보시고 하나님의 마음이 흡족하셨고 너무 좋아하셨습니다... 그리고 사람에게는 복을 주시며 생육하고 번성하여 땅에 충만하라고 명령하셨습니다(28절).
하나님께서 창조하신 사역은 엄청난 것이며, 이는 실로 창조주, 조물주만이 하실 수 있는 것이며, 전능하신 하나님을 나타내시는 것입니다. 그 이후로 하나님은 피조물이 좋으셨습니다. 좋아하셨습니다. 우리가 좋아해야 하는 것은 하나님께서 창조하신 것들입니다. 그러므로 주변의 모든 하나님께서 창조하신 것은 우리가 좋아해야 하는 것이며, 좋은 것들입니다. 그리고 제가 힘써야 하는 것은 하나님께로부터 복을 받았으니 생육하고 번성해서 이 땅에 충만하게 되는 것입니다.
주여, 제가 주님의 창조하심을 깊이 찬양하며 살게 해 주시며, 주님께서 창조하신 만물을 바라보며 좋아하고, 복을 누리며 번성하여 땅에 충만한 삶을 살게 해 주시옵소서~ 오늘도 하나님께서 창세기 1장을 통해 말씀하신 것을 실천하는 삶을 살게 해 주시옵소서~ 예수님의 이름으로 기도합니다. 아멘!
What God did and commanded → create, favor / multiply
In Genesis 1, God revealed His creation in verse 1. God wanted to declare to the world that He had created it, so that we, His creatures, might know it. So God created light on the first day, the firmament on the second day, the sea, land, and plants on the third day, the sun, moon, and stars on the fourth day, birds and fish on the fifth day, and animals and people on the sixth day. And when God saw what He had created, He was pleased with it, and His heart was satisfied, and He loved it... and He blessed the man and commanded him to be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth (v. 28).
The work of God's creation is tremendous, and it is truly something that only the Creator, the Maker, can do, and it reveals God Almighty. From then on, God saw that the creation was good, and He liked it. What we should like is what God created, so everything God created around us is what we should like, it's good, and what I should strive for is to be blessed by God, to be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth.
Lord, help me to live in deep praise of Your creation, to look at all that You have made, to love it, to be blessed by it, and to multiply and replenish the earth, so that I may live a life today that lives out what You said in Genesis 1, in Jesus' name. Amen!