"The heavens and the earth" were "created"--"WITHOUT FORM."

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After 2,000 years of Christian teaching and belief--so much is still not understood.

And yet many, if not all, seem unwilling to hear the end of the matter, as if everything everyone believed or now believes is correct, and willing to fight unto the death. I started a thread (DOES NO ONE WANT TO BE CORRECTED?) about the coming of "all truth" as promise by God but was foretold not to come until just before the end of time. With the idea that with all that is written regarding the great apostacy and false doctrines foretold to be a reality of our times. But it would appear that we need to go back to "the beginning."

Let's see:

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters (Genesis 1:1-2).

What it says--what is written, is that "God created the heavens and the earth"--and "the earth was without form." Hence, the title of this thread. But who has ever taken the words at face value, as they are plainly written? Anyone?

Is "the earth without form?" --Do you believe what you are reading of the word of God--or, are you like the rest of us who just assumed that the earth was without form before creation--instead of the way it is written and declared from the beginning?

And that was just the first two verses of God's word. Is anyone ready to believe it even as stated and move on to "all truth?"

This is the time--"that time" foretold, but are you ready...or even willing?
 
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After 2,000 years of Christian teaching and belief--so much is still not understood.

And yet many, if not all, seem unwilling to hear the end of the matter, as if everything everyone believed or now believes is correct, and willing to fight unto the death. I started a thread (DOES NO ONE WANT TO BE CORRECTED?) about the coming of "all truth" as promise by God but was foretold not to come until just before the end of time. With the idea that with all that is written regarding the great apostacy and false doctrines foretold to be a reality of our times. But it would appear that we need to go back to "the beginning."

Let's see:

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters (Genesis 1:1-2).

What is says--what is written, is that "God created the heavens and the earth"--and "the earth was without form." Hence, the title of this thread. But who has ever taken the words at face value, as they are plainly written? Anyone?

Is "the earth with out form?" --Do you believe what you are reading of the word of God--or, are you like the rest of us who just assumed that the earth was without form before creation--instead of the way it is written and declared from the beginning?

And that was just the first two verses of God's word. Is anyone ready to believe it even as stated and move on to "all truth?"

This is the time--"that time" foretold, but are you ready...or even willing?
Your migrating fantasies deceive you Scott. The deception is doubled down on, making mountains out of molehills with the assumption of special revelation.
 

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Your migrating fantasies deceive you Scott. The deception is doubled down on, making mountains out of molehills with the assumption of special revelation.
Oh, if you only knew how you are setting your self up! Apparently, you have no mind for the things of God actually being greater than you imagine. How sad for you.
 

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Oh, if you only knew how you are setting your self up! Apparently, you have no mind for the things of God actually being greater than you imagine. How sad for you.
It appears we are telling each other. I guess we will need to wait and see where wisdom lies.
 

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Heres a mention of it in the Psalms

Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
 
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Heres a mention of it in the Psalms

Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Whereas here in Jeremiah it shows this

Jerm 4:23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

Jerm 4:24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

So it was without form there but he I beheld the mountains
 

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Let's see:

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters (Genesis 1:1-2).

What is says--what is written, is that "God created the heavens and the earth"--and "the earth was without form." Hence, the title of this thread. But who has ever taken the words at face value, as they are plainly written? Anyone?
If one takes the English translation completely literally, then they are missing quite a bit...

 

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Whereas here in Jeremiah it shows this

Jerm 4:23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

Jerm 4:24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

So it was without form there but he I beheld the mountains
These are indeed thought provoking passages, for they tell of making manifest that which in God's reality, is "without form and void."
 

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If one takes the English translation completely literally, then they are missing quite a bit...

Very true, and thus, the biblical counsel is that the words are rather spirit and must be spiritually discerned.

What purpose then does the written word serve, if it is not literal and not plain language that one cannot otherwise understand? It is like the flesh, an image darkly but appearing to be clear and material in form--as if even the world might be the measure of God, rather than Him being the measure of all. But the Word declares it to be "precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little there a little" making manifest living parables of the lives and times of men, by image. As if we were even to learn from what was before, and follow suit. As if what we experience and consider real, is like the first words spoken to children, who ask "Why this and why that?" From which we are meant to mature.
 
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Very true, and thus, the biblical counsel is that the words are rather spirit and must be spiritually discerned.

What purpose then does the written word serve, if it is not literal and not plain language that one cannot otherwise understand? It is like the flesh, an image darkly but appearing to be clear and material in form--as if even the world might be the measure of God, rather than Him being the measure of all. But the Word declares it to be "precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little there a little" making manifest living parables of the lives and times of men, by image. As if we were even to learn from what was before, and follow suit. As if what we experience and consider real, is like the first words spoken to children, who ask "Why this and why that?" From which we are meant to mature.
I like a couple of your phrases here - "living parables" and "follow suit" hit at the core of it, I think.
 
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These are indeed thought provoking passages, for they tell of making manifest that which in God's reality, is "without form and void."

If you look at Jeremiah 4:22 that's the setting there it says,

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[22] For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
[23] I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

There is similar wording here also

Deut 32:28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.

And then goes into the rest ...

[24] I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

Not quite this I don't think

Nah 1:5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

Jeremiah continues

[25] I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
[26] I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
[27] For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
[28] For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
[29] The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.

So that was the backdrop
 
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After 2,000 years of Christian teaching and belief--so much is still not understood.

And yet many, if not all, seem unwilling to hear the end of the matter, as if everything everyone believed or now believes is correct, and willing to fight unto the death. I started a thread (DOES NO ONE WANT TO BE CORRECTED?) about the coming of "all truth" as promise by God but was foretold not to come until just before the end of time. With the idea that with all that is written regarding the great apostacy and false doctrines foretold to be a reality of our times. But it would appear that we need to go back to "the beginning."

Let's see:

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters (Genesis 1:1-2).

What is says--what is written, is that "God created the heavens and the earth"--and "the earth was without form." Hence, the title of this thread. But who has ever taken the words at face value, as they are plainly written? Anyone?

Is "the earth with out form?" --Do you believe what you are reading of the word of God--or, are you like the rest of us who just assumed that the earth was without form before creation--instead of the way it is written and declared from the beginning?

And that was just the first two verses of God's word. Is anyone ready to believe it even as stated and move on to "all truth?"

This is the time--"that time" foretold, but are you ready...or even willing?
With out form, I would say this is without function ?
So the issue about the Spirit of God was !
Not to mention that with the Jews, they were set on the path and in time Christ Came ! and all of the worthy Jews became Christians in fact !

But their is still darkness in the world ? until Gods work is truly set in place, of regards everyone being in the light !
 
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The light is a good one that come in after, you can see a picture of Christ in something like this also

Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

John 122:46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

John 1:9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

2Cr 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

John 1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
 
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You can roll it around a few ways, heres another

Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void;

Duet 32:28 For they are a nation void of counsel,

Gen 1:2 and darkness was upon the face of the deep.

Duet 32:28 neither is there any understanding in them.

Prov 20:5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water;

Gen 1:2 And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

1Cr 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face

Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light

2Cr 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

2Cr 2:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Ephes 5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light

Mat 5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

Rev 21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

Since the light was before the sun and the moon were created, and the light that shines in the city (of people) is Christ in you, given the Lamb is the light thereof
 

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With out form, I would say this is without function ?
So the issue about the Spirit of God was !
Not to mention that with the Jews, they were set on the path and in time Christ Came ! and all of the worthy Jews became Christians in fact !

But their is still darkness in the world ? until Gods work is truly set in place, of regards everyone being in the light !

The light is a good one that come in after, you can see a picture of Christ in something like this also

Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

John 122:46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

John 1:9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

2Cr 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

John 1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
Light is definitely of great importance. It is in fact one of the elements of creating matter, along with energy which is the power of God. Thus, the appearing as if by form.

Space (of space, time, and matter) is different. With the dividing of days "the evening" (darkness) and the morning" (light) in space, came the shadows of darkness--which do not exist in the kingdom of God. For there is "no shadow of turning", as in the passing of days and times. And if God gave of Himself, that men could be "born again" of His spirit--what was "divided" but God Himself? Yes ,“with men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Space then, shows the divide between heaven and earth made manifest as if a "void" or "gulf" between the two.

Are these things not written?
 
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Thank you for the posts.

Scientifically: our solar system was once a vast cloud of hydrogen and many elements (synthesized by the first nova and supernova). It coalesced, with the hydrogen in the center eventually igniting (nuclear fusion), forming our sun. And yes, our Earth was without form, until it, too, coalesced. Everything was in accordance with God’s creative design.

Reference: “The Privileged Planet“ (G Gonzalez and J Richards, 2004).

So It was, and so it will be.

Blessings.
 
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Thank you for the posts.

Scientifically: our solar system was once a vast cloud of hydrogen and many elements (synthesized by the first nova and supernova). It coalesced, with the hydrogen in the center eventually igniting (nuclear fusion), forming our sun. And yes, our Earth was without form, until it, too, coalesced. Everything was in accordance with God’s creative design.

Reference: “The Privileged Planet“ (G Gonzalez and J Richards, 2004).

So It was, and so it will be.

Blessings.
Thanks Bob, I find that sort of thing amazing.

Interestingly enough, there are many ways people explain the origins of the universe. God gave us one, and so has science--well maybe more than one, or rather one updated from time to time. But the real answer of origins is...God, in whom, and by whom, all is possible; and that with all the various explanations, more or less defines just what the universe actually is: Everything everyone ever believed, made manifest, as evidence for or against us before the Judgement.
 
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After 2,000 years of Christian teaching and belief--so much is still not understood.

And yet many, if not all, seem unwilling to hear the end of the matter, as if everything everyone believed or now believes is correct, and willing to fight unto the death. I started a thread (DOES NO ONE WANT TO BE CORRECTED?) about the coming of "all truth" as promise by God but was foretold not to come until just before the end of time. With the idea that with all that is written regarding the great apostacy and false doctrines foretold to be a reality of our times. But it would appear that we need to go back to "the beginning."
We are all seeking God’s truth...none of us can say we fully know God’s truth because there are so many denominations and truths out there, so, whose to say whose in Gods truth....also many interpret Gods word very differently....it’s just exciting discussing and seeking his truth, by the power of the Holy Spirit who leads us into God’s truth, imo, belief.

By the way,I’m open minded and listening ....

Genesis 1​

King James Version​

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
 
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We are all seeking God’s truth...none of us can say we fully know God’s truth because there are so many denominations and truths out there, so, whose to say whose in Gods truth....also many interpret Gods word very differently....it’s just exciting discussing and seeking his truth, by the power of the Holy Spirit who leads us into God’s truth, imo, belief.

By the way,I’m open minded and listening ....

Genesis 1​

King James Version​

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Thank you for your thoughts.

Indeed, how can it be there are so many denominations, so many “truths,” when there is only one God?

God created a creature in his image, one to whom he could communicate expectations and promises, and who had free will. Was that intrinsically difficult, even for God? Does He delight that sincere believers strive (contentiously) to understand that which is beyond our finite understanding, or is He frustrated at our confusion?

Blessings.
 

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We are all seeking God’s truth...none of us can say we fully know God’s truth because there are so many denominations and truths out there, so, whose to say whose in Gods truth....also many interpret Gods word very differently....it’s just exciting discussing and seeking his truth, by the power of the Holy Spirit who leads us into God’s truth, imo, belief.

By the way,I’m open minded and listening ....

Genesis 1​

King James Version​

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
FYI: in reading some commentary on God’s covenant with people, after the Flood, I came across the following, which complements your post—

“every new revelation of God's character implies corresponding duties on the part of man. The progress of revelation has refined and exalted the principle of duty, until man herein is equal unto the angels, and learns to do "all for love, and nothing for reward."

(T. H. Leale.)

Until we learn to do ‘all for love, and nothing for reward’!!!

Peace