6 Days of Construction
Back at the beginning of Foundations of the Earth Discussion I quoted Michael Pearl from his Book “The Gap Fact”. He made a comment about construction that caught my mind when he said laying a foundation is “something you do before construction can begin.”
“God said the angels were present and shouting for joy when you laid the foundations==something you do before construction can begin.”
The Gap Fact and Out-of-Whack Creation Scientism – Michael Pearl – Page 20
The reason it caught my mind is that in 2014 my wife and I purchased raw land and eventually built a house on it. But laying the foundation was not something we did before construction/framing began. There were many other steps before we started framing anything. As I thought about Mr. Pearl’s statement I started thinking about how my own experience equated somewhat to the 6 days of creation.
My Construction Experience
- We needed the land (area/space) for our house. This was our purchase of the raw land.
- Before we started framing we needed a bunch of unformed raw materials. Lumber for concrete forms, pipes for a well, and much, much more.
- We needed electricity (energy) to power the well, run tools and provide light for working at night. Electricity (energy) was critical.
- Then before we built the foundation, I purchased a backhoe at an auction and spent weeks (no prior experience) grading, digging, leveling and spreading dirt out for the foundations location.
- Only after all this work did we begin building the foundation and forming our house.
- We finally moved in during 2021… It took us 7 years! Yes we then rested from construction for awhile! It was a process just like God’s creation was a 6 day process. Of course he is much faster then us!
God’s 6 Days of Construction
- Day 1: The area/space is the single Heaven; Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
- The raw unformed materials are the Earth as it was first created; Genesis 1:2 And the earth was without form,
- God energized his raw materials in Genesis 1:2 … And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
- God’s single heaven was outside of eternity and inherently had no light. Before God starts doing anything else he flips on the lights: Genesis 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
- Day 2: This is the creation of the Firmament on Day 2 Gen 1:6-8 when God Stretched the heavens. Once the Area (2nd Heaven/Firmament) was ready God Laid the foundations of the earth (gravity) and hung the earth on nothing.
- Day 3: The seas are made and the dry land is formed;
- Genesis 1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry [land] appear: and it was so.
- Psalm 95:5 The sea [is] his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry [land].
- Notice psalm 95:5 ties when he made the seas with him forming the dry land.
- God didn’t leave the Earth without form (Gen 1:2), he wasn’t done with it, he formed it to be inhabited.
- Isaiah 45:18 For thus saith the LORD that “created the heavens“; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I [am] the LORD; and [there is] none else.
- So much to unpack in this verse:
- Notice heavens is plural. This is day 2.
- Notice he formed the earth. It had to be without form before he formed it.
- Notice the same sentence says formed/made/established/created. This is all in the beginning and all together, NOT after some judgement.
- Notice the divine order:
- “created the heavens” is Day 2
- “formed the earth” is Day 3
- “he formed it to be inhabited” is also Day 3
- Days 4,5,6: God creates the sun, moon, stars, AND FINALLY the Inhabitants the earth was designed and built for.
Next I cover the obvious follow up question that most Gap Fact believers would have. If the foundations were not even laid until day 2 then when were the angels created?
Interestingly the previous study on foundations gave a glaring hint/statement as to when that was…. Let’s keep searching the scripture.