All the good things we have come from God. He made the sun
to give us light by day, and the moon and stars so that we can have some light
at night and God made the earth for us to live on.
But the sun, the moon, the stars and the earth were not the
first things God made. Do you know what the first thing was? God first made
persons like himself. We can’t see these persons, just as we can’t see God. In the
Bible these persons are called angels. God made the angels to live with him in
heaven.
The first angel God made was very special. He worked with
God and helped God
to make all the other things. He helped God to make the sun, the moon, the stars and also our earth.
What was the earth like then? In the beginning no one could
live on earth. There was nothing but one big ocean of water all over the land. But
God wanted people to live on earth. So he began to get things ready for us. What
did he do?
Well, first the earth needed light. So God made the light
from the sun to shine on the earth. He made it so that there could be both
night time and daytime. Afterward God caused land to come up above the water of
the ocean.
At first there was nothing on the land. There were no
flowers on tree or animals. There were no fish in the oceans. God had a lot
more work to do to make the earth really nice for animals and people to live
on.
Jeremiah 10:12; Colossians1:15-17; Genesis 1:1-10
