Lecture 33 (Second day of the Creation) Swahili
Bible passage: Genesis 1:6-8
“[6] Then God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters." [7] God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so. [8] God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. ”
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ.
This is the 33rd Lecture on Genesis. On the second day of the Creation, God created an expanse between waters. Due to this creation, many new things took place both in the fleshly world and in the spiritual world. In the fleshly (physical) world, the atmosphere was created. In the Second Heaven, which belongs to the spiritual realm, both the domain of light and the domain of darkness were created. In the fleshly world, the waters below the expanse became ocean on the third day of the Creation, and the waters above the expanse remained as water vapors in the atmosphere.
On the 4th day of creation as the sun and the moon were created, circulations began in the waters. The waters of the seas evaporated to become water vapor that formed clouds, and these clouds travelled with the wind that blew and brought rain around the globe. Thanks to these circulations of the waters, all the creatures can be provided with water that sustains their lives. God gives waters not only in the form of rain but also in the forms of snow or dew. All these forms of precipitation from the sky actually symbolize the "blessings of God."
For the benefit of all the creatures including human beings, God the Father provides water in various forms. And thus, Deuteronomy 11:14 says, "... He will give the rain for your land in its season, the early and late rain, that you may gather in your grain and your new wine and your oil."
