Gen 1:24 Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth,
each according to its kind”; and it was so.
Gen 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that
it was good.
All any one has ever said on this is that HaShem seen the use of beast for man. Though that does sound good, one must wonder, Did HaShem also see that the bees, butterflies, and others along this line were going to pollinate the trees and everything He had created? If we stop and reflect on how everything in this world is dependent on the rest of creation, We can see why it was good. Think for a second on what would come of us, if just the bees were gone. Or what if the flies were gone, along with the buzzards. We may not understand why fleas and ticks on this earth, yet if they were removed, what might come of that?
Gen 1:26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all[fn] the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
In our image. Who do you we think He was talking to? I know one teaching that is a bit odd, yet at the same time may answer some questions that many have asked.
That teaching tells us that HaShem let every one put a little part of themselves into man. That evil side of us, would have came from Satan. The kind and caring side from Yeshua, and so on. Though I don't follow this teaching, as it is a bit to odd for me, I can see where it comes from.
As for me, I like to think that we are made in His image, in that we have a soul. The spirit with in us all, is what sets us apart from all other things on this earth. As for the we, I like to think He was talking to the angles, and letting them know that ma would have a spirit, and would some day come home to live with them in Heaven.
Gen 1:27 So God created man in His
own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Gen 1:28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
What does it mean for us to subdue, and take dominion over the earth, and all that is in it? Some say it means we are to use everything that is here. Yes that is a part of it. I have heard one teacher say, that it doesn't matter what we do to the earth, or the animals, we are only here for a short time, then we get a new earth. This however I don't see as being anything like HaShem had in mid.
No He meant for us to take care of the earth, and everything in it. Does this mean that to go hunting is wrong? Not if you use what you kill. How ever to go out and kill anything then leave it, and not use any part of it, that would fall under murder in my mind. That doesn't make me right, it just makes me a conservationist. Just as most hunters are.
Gen 1:29 And God said, “See, I have given you every herb
that yields seed which
is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.
As we seen after teh flood, man was told it was ok to eat meat. Yes there are laws that one should follow, just as there laws that we must follow in everyday life. He told us what was good for food, and what we shouldn't eat. Does this mean that if you eat pork, you are a lost soul? Not of me to answer sorry.
Gen 1:31 Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed
it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
It was vary good. HaShem now seeing everything working together as He pained, found it was vary good. I know this is a rather short look at Gen. 1. To really look at everything in this one chapter would take a year if not longer. I am going to take some time to let everyone get their thoughts in on this chapter. I am sure that many will have some insight I didn't cover. Besides, this my favorite chapter in the Bible. once it is studied to the point that there is nothing left to look at, in this one chapter you would find, almost every thing in the Word. Not so much the story, or the teaching, rather just how it was set into motion, and the foresight of everything that was created.
