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God’s Order for LifeVerses 16 and 17:And God made two great lights; the greaterlight to rule the day, and the lesser light torule the night: he made the stars also.And God set them in the firmament of theheaven to give light upon the earth.Notice the earth is God’s central focus in Hiscreative plan. Up to this point in Genesis 1,everything was made for the earth.Verses 18 and 19:And to rule over the day and over the night,and to divide the light from the darkness:and God saw that it was good.And the evening and the morning were thefourth day.The great star-spangled universe was designedto support the earth. What then was the earthdesigned for? Genesis 1 reveals that the earth wasmade to support the physical part of man.30Genesis 1:28-30:And God blessed them [Adam and Eve],and God said unto them, Be fruitful, andmultiply, and replenish the earth, and subdueit: and have dominion over the fish ofGod’s Blueprint of Creationthe sea, and over the fowl of the air, andover every living thing that moveth upon theearth.And God said, Behold, I have given youevery herb bearing seed, which is upon theface of all the earth, and every tree, in thewhich is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; toyou it shall be for meat.And to every beast of the earth, and to everyfowl of the air, and to every thing thatcreepeth upon the earth, wherein there islife, I have given every green herb for meat:and it was so.The earth was designed to physically supportman. God made the earth for man. The heavenlybodies, the animals, the fruit of the trees—thesewere all made for man. The reason for the earthis man. So then what is the reason for man? God.Ephesians 1:4-6:According as he hath chosen us in himbefore the foundation of the world, that weshould be holy and without blame beforehim in love:Having predestinated us unto the adoptionof children by Jesus Christ to himself, accordingto the good pleasure of his will,31

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