Still stuck on the earth and the sun.

Yup, I know I said this post would be all about water but I was just translating Chapter 2 verse 4.

This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

Now, I'm sure you've all seen this picture where we are just a little speck in a big galaxy.  Of course there are bigger galaxies and many other clusters of stars.  Makes you feel kind of insignificant doesn't it?

Well before you feel insignificant, look at the verse quoted above.  What does it say God made?  Did he make the heavens and the earth (as some translations have) or did he make the earth then the heavens?  The Hebrew has the earth and the heavens.

If you consider, in chapter 1 verse 2:

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.

We know that there was water on the earth but note, it was DARK.  God doesn't add light until verse three.   Now here is this little blue marble sitting out there in the middle of the heavens.  Okay maybe it was mostly white since it was covered with water and there was nothing to warm it yet.

It wasn't until verse 3 that God made the light.

Now, here's a thought.  God put the earth out there before he did all the other stuff.  Here's earth out there in the universe just sitting and waiting for some light.  This is the earth that God created to put us on. Man is the crown of God's creation and he put that little blue marble out there for us then put the light around it.

Make you feel a little more loved and important?

Me too.

Now, on to the waters.