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silently proclaim the reign of the eternal Word over all Creation.

The lights of heaven proclaim God’s order and wisdom, yet Christ, the true Light of the world, shines above them all — the eternal source of life, truth, and glory.

God Completes His Work on the Fourth Day

At the conclusion of the fourth day of Creation, when God looked at all that He had done, He surveyed the cosmos He had just spoken into existence and, in His divine satisfaction, saw that it was good!

And there was evening, and there was morning — the fourth day, a day of extraordinary achievement, completing the account of God’s Creation work and marking the establishment of time and seasons through the celestial lights.

This section is based on and includes quotes from Genesis chapter 1; verses 14 - 19.

Genesis 1 : 14 - 19

14  Then 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 the two great lights—the greater light to have dominion over the day, and the lesser light to have dominion over 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.

The Fifth Day of Creation:
God Creates Marine Life and Birds

As the fifth day of Creation dawned, God had already formed the Earth’s atmosphere, established the land and seas, clothed the dry ground with abundant vegetation, and placed the Sun, Moon, and stars in the heavens.  The Earth had become a magnificent planetary paradise, green, fertile, overflowing with beauty, and prepared for the next glorious stage of God’s creative work.

The lands, waters, and skies seemed to stand in eager anticipation, ready to be adorned with a myriad of magnificent and diverse life forms and transformed into a living canvas of God’s divine artistry.  The seas would soon teem with