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Contents
1 THE FIRST SEVEN DAYS HOW GOD MADE THE WORLD Light is Given Water Everywhere Land Appears Sun, Moon, and Stars Birds and Fish Animals and Man Day of Rest 2 SIN SPOILS THE PERFECT WORLD HOWEVER DID IT HAPPEN? Satan tempts Eve Gods Punishment Gods Promise 3 THE CREATOR COMES DOWN TO EARTH HOW GOD KEPT HIS PROMISE The Birth of the Creator The Life of the Creator The Teaching of the Creator The Death and Resurrection of the Creator 4 THE CREATORS PLAN WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT? All Made New 5 WHAT ABOUT YOU?

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THE FIRST SEVEN DAYS
This story is found in the Bible, in Genesis chapters 1 and 2. We live in a very wonderful world the planet EARTH, which is a small part of the universe. Our world, and the whole universe, did not come into being by accident. It was created by God. God had no beginning. He has always existed. God created the world and everything that is in it from nothing. God is all-powerful. He spoke a few words and the different parts of the creation came into being. He did this in six days and rested on the seventh day.

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HOW GOD MADE THE WORLD

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LIGHT IS GIVEN
On the first day God created light. He said, Let there be light, and the light appeared immediately. Light is necessary for all life. God thought that the light was good. He separated it from the darkness. God called the light DAY and the darkness NIGHT. Day and night are part of Gods well-ordered world.

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WATER EVERYWHERE
On the second day God created the atmosphere. When we look up into the sky we see different types of clouds some dark and full of rain, others white and fluffy. Every cloud in the sky has been made by God. God made the seas and rivers. The water that covers more than half of the earths surface was made by God. The water that springs up from under the earth to flow to the sea as a river was made by God. The water that forms huge lakes or little ponds was made by God.

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LAND APPEARS
On the third day God spoke again, and the dry land appeared out of the water. Mountains, plains and valleys were created by his power. God said, Let the land produce vegetation, all sorts of plants and trees. By Gods power, plants and trees were made. Tall trees, bushes, flowers all producing seed so that the vegetation would reproduce and spread. God saw that what he had made was good.

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SUN, MOON AND STARS

On the fourth day God made the sun, moon and stars. Let there be lights in the sky, he said. Let them be the forces which bring order to the seasons and the days and the years. Let them also give light to the world.

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So God made the sun which shines during the day and the moon which shines on our world at night-time. He then made the stars which we see in the night sky. God saw that what he had made was good.

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BIRDS AND FISH

On the fifth day God made sea-creatures and birds. Let the waters be filled with living beings and let birds fly across the sky, said God. With these words he created all sorts of sea-creatures the octopus, the shark, the sea-anemone and the limpet.

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God also made the birds the majestic eagle, the duck, the sea-gull and the swan. God blessed the sea-creatures and the birds. He made them with the ability to produce young ones. He instructed them to be fruitful and increase in number.

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ANIMALS ANDAND MAN ANIMALS MAN

On theOn the sixth day Godthe animals. sixth day God made made the animals. Let the land produce living creatures, he said.he said. Let the land produce living creatures, With these words words all of animals came came With these all kinds kinds of animals into being lions, donkeys, cows, badgers, bats bats into being lions, donkeys, cows, badgers, and moles. moles. and God saw that what he hadhe had was good. good. God saw that what made made was Then he came to the climax climax creative work. work. Then he came to the of his of his creative Let usLet usman inman in our own image, he said. make make our own image, he said. Man will rule over the fish in thefish and the birds the Man will rule over the sea in sea and in the birds in over air and and over and the animals and air and the all the animals all creeping things.creeping things. So God made the first human being image.own Lord So God made man in his own in his The image. God Lord God made a man from of the ground. The made a man from the dust the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of lifehis nostrils He breathed the breath of life into into his nostrilsso man became a living soul.soul. and and so man became a living

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God did not want the man called Adam to be alone, so he made a woman to be a help and companion for him. He caused Adam to fall into a very deep sleep. While he was sleeping God took one of Adams ribs, then closed the flesh again. From this rib, God made a woman. He gave Adam the woman, Eve, to be his wife and he was glad. She is part of me, he said, bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh. God blessed Adam and Eve. He told them to be fruitful, to produce children. He told them to rule over all other living creatures. God gave them the plants and the fruits for food. Adam had the task of giving names to all the animals, this showed that he was in charge of them. God saw everything that he had made and knew it was very good.

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DAY OF REST
The great work of creation was completed in six days. On the seventh day God rested from all his work. He was not tired or weary. The world that he had made was perfect and complete. God rested to admire his work. It was all very good.

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God made the seventh day special. He blessed it and made it holy. This is the day when we worship God in a special way. We thank him for his wisdom and power and love. We think about his goodness to us and all the wonderful gifts he has given us. God cares for us and for all he has made.

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