Creation

Whether one believes in God or in the actuality of the bible, on must be impressed and respect the story of creation for its succinct and realistic order as well as its philosophical and moral ideas that are written into the story. The Jewish story of creation is ordered in such a logical and realistic way. The story of creation is a progressive evolution as each day of creation is timed succinctly to correlate with the following days or the upcoming day’s creation. This story also was written before any other philosopher dared to write his thoughts and yet the bible is flowing with philosophical and moral ideas that sill to this day astonish anyone like the idea of Shabbat.

The first three days of the story of creation correspond with the next three day. The first day God creates the heavens the earth and light in the universe. The second day God divides the land to form bodies of water. The third day God created vegetation on the earth. The fourth day God created the sun and th...