Day six is the crescendo of creation! God has been putting this world and our universe together over the previous 5 days. He has put into place the laws of physics and time. He has set down laws that all of creation would follow, giving stability to those things He created. Nothing He created would change, there would be no evolution! If things were allowed to change, life would be unstable, uncertain. If allowed to change things we eat today may destroy us tomorrow, He didn’t allow that.

We find all the other animals being created on the sixth day. The full compliment of animals, this includes all those that are now extinct. Yes the dinosaurs too. How do we know? There is evidence of their existence. That’s how we know they existed. The evidence of their existence doesn’t prove evolution. The evidence of their existence doesn’t prove millions of years of life on earth. The evidence simply proves they existed.

So God spoke forth all the creatures that would occupy earth. He also put the limit that they would come after their own kind. They would not over time change into different animals.

Again I’d like to call our attention to the part of this scripture that God thought to be the most important. The creation of mankind. We know this is the most important because He took more time to tell us about the creation of man. When we speak to friends, we do the same thing, we spend the most time talking about the things most important to us. Man is the pinnacle of creation. Man is the focus of creation.

The first thing we notice is God saying to Himself, “let’s make man in our image, and after our likeness.” God had not said this about any other part of creation. That alone sets man apart from the rest of creation. We are made in the image and likeness of God, we are special to Him. This is what sets us apart from the rest of creation, not our thumbs! This is why we are able to invent, build such great things.

The second thing we notice is that God gave to man dominion over all the living things of earth. Yes He made us rulers of the earth. The earth is here to meet the needs of mankind. We are not here to meet the needs of earth.

The third thing we notice is that He created man, male and female. He wanted mankind to continue on. With out male and female there can be no procreation. This is another limit that God has set on this world. We have many groups now calling for same sex this and that. The real problem is that God set us up to be together as man and woman. He established this law from the very beginning. He created us to fit together. On the day that God created man, he created male and female. It’s interesting that God makes a point of mentioning male and female. Why would He do that? It’s important!

The fourth thing to take note of is the food that God provided in the beginning was for all. He provided the fruit and herb for food. This was to be the food for the whole of creation. He created everything to flourish, to be perfect.

God provided everything for life at creation.

He is all powerful, creating everything by His very words.

He is loving providing for the needs of all living things.

He is awesome, making such diversity for our enjoyment.