Day two of Creation to me is very interesting. On the surface nothing great seemed to happen. God spoke into being the atmosphere of earth. Big deal! God devoted a total of 3 verses to the description of this part of creation.

Just below the very casual description of God creating the atmosphere are some things that we need to pay a bit of attention to. First He said He divided the waters. Some of the water of earth was placed above the atmosphere and some below. It was kind of an air sandwich between two slices of water. What would this have meant for earth, for the environment, for the life that God would place on the planet?

The first thing that comes to mind is that the earth would have been in a giant greenhouse. The temperature would have been even and probably not fluctuated at all. I have always said that the perfect temperature is 80 degrees F. I know that lots of you have issue with that, but I think the earth may have been about 80. It would have also been quite humid being that the atmosphere was surrounded by water which was in turn heated by the sun.

The next thing I would think is that the suns rays would have been greatly filtered down, defused. Light from the sun would not have been so harsh. No way to get sun burned. No UV radiation to burn, break down living cells. I wonder what the appearance of everything was like, no harsh light, no hard shadows. All of earth bathed in a perfectly defused light. I sometimes dabble in picture taking. When I desire to take outdoor photos of a specific subject the early morning sunlight is the best. It is diffused by the atmosphere making a much more even light with shadows that are not stark. In all, the photos in this light are the best. I’m betting that the earth was lit with a light that was even better than that. Colours would not have been washed out, just vibrant and full of life.

We often say about someone who is protected that they live in a bubble. That is precisely what God did for us when He created the earth. He put it in a bubble. The atmosphere of earth would have been perfect for life at creation.

Under perfect conditions what would the plants, trees, animals have looked like? Don’t know.

There would have been no weather as we know it now. No disturbances, no rain, no storms, no winter. Wow! God is good. A perfect life is what He designed for us. A perfect world is what He created for us.