The “Days” of creation are recounted with great literary artistry…
- Each day begins with, “And God said…”
- His decree (“Let…”) heads off each day
- Each day’s elements are “called” into being by God
- Each day’s events are ordered by God, start to finish—He initiates, He brings to pass, He identifies, He names, He establishes, He mobilizes, He evaluates
- Each day responds to God’s creative work (“And it was so…”)
- God’s evaluation of each day’s creative work is “good”
- Each day concludes with a very specific sequential formula (“And there was evening and there was morning, the ____ day”)
