God's first act of creation = to bring order to chaos = Law of Nature
God's second act of creation = to form the earth
God's thrid act of creation = to fill the earth with life
What comes before is preparation for what comes next. All of Creation is preparation for human life. All of Creation is meant to serve human life.
The Hebrew word for "seven" means "covenant." Creation is the first covenant - all of Creation is an expression of God's love for us.
"Seven" also means perfection. Human beings created on day six indicates that we are incomplete without the seventh day - the day of the Covenant. Without the Covenant, we are just animals (who were also created on the seventh day).
About Me
- Jeffrey
- I hold a Master of Theological Studies from the University of Dallas' Institute for Religious and Pastoral Studies. God has called me to be a father and to teach, so I now serve through From the Abbey, my catechetical apostolate. Brother Thomas is the persona I created for the moral theology textbook Dear Brother Thomas.
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