Bible passage: Genesis 2:1-3
“1. Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. 2. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. ”

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ. This is the 44th Lecture on Genesis. 

For 6 days, God the Creator accomplished the works of Creation. The earth was created before the 6 days of Creation, and then completely covered by the water of life. And finally the work of God's Creation took place on this earth. On the 1st day as God said, "Let there be light", the original light of creation surrounded the earth and all around. Even though the earth was the fleshly space, when it was surround by this original light, it began to ride within the spiritual time flow. In addition, as it was surrounded by the original light, the natural law, orders and principles were set up in this fleshly space, and a foundation that the power and divine nature of God would be put into all the future creatures was laid. 

On the 2nd day of Creation, the water of life that had covered the earth was divided and an expanse in the midst of the waters was created. The waters below the expanse became sea waters, and the waters above the expanse became the water vapor in the atmosphere. The waters above the expanse also flowed into the 2nd Heaven, which is a spiritual realm, to become the source of the rivers in the Garden of Eden. On the 3rd day of Creation, a huge depression was formed near the North Pole, and all the waters gathered there. At the same time dry land appeared in the South Pole. As God called the waters which gathered in one place 'the seas'. They became salty as they came to contain dissolved salts,.

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