Earth Day is around the corner.
To honer the day we remember our planet, let's go back to its creation, and learn why it was created in the first place.
Quick Prelude...
When we lived with God, our Heavenly Father, we agreed to be tested and receive bodies to grow in. However, to allow man to choose freely their own way, we needed a place [besides heaven] to undertake our mortal proceedings.
So where would be the best place? That's where Earth comes in.
The Creation of Earth
Jesus Christ [under the direction of God] made and created the world in Six “Days”. The process can be followed in Genesis or the book of Moses found in the Pearl of Great Price.
Take careful notice how the process moves one, building basic conponents of life one at a time.
Day 1: Earth took form out of unorganized matter. After it was organized, light was called forth and appeared, creating the cycles we know as day and night. In God's reckoning, this was the first day. The foundation is set for the next work....
Day 2: The sky was organized to divide the waters. This laid foundation for future components....
Day 3: The land is formed from the waters, adding solid ground. Then plants are formed in their varieties to supply the soon coming animals.
Day 4: More organization straightening the seasons and time elapses take place on this day. The sun was organized to rule the day, and the moon and stars were to rule the night. The seasons provided plants their own cycles in life, and provide the variety in land in which we know now.
Day 5: The first animals are organized and created in the oceans, and fowl [birds] dominate the sky.
Day 6: Land creatures ranging from beast to insects inhabit the landmasses in all their variety.
Throughout both accounts, God is said to see his creations as good [in our case, spectacular].
But something big was missing.
The world, flourishing with variety, beauty and great wonders was missing the people for which it was designed.
So Man was created in God's image: our Parents Adam and Eve.
To those who know the story, it seems like Adam is considered the cause of both suffering of the earth and of man.
But if Adam didn’t do what he did, how could we appreciate this world? in the words of a Book of Mormon prophet, “Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy.”
Lets enjoy the world around us, and remember why it stands.
Happy Earth Day “ )
To honer the day we remember our planet, let's go back to its creation, and learn why it was created in the first place.
Quick Prelude...
When we lived with God, our Heavenly Father, we agreed to be tested and receive bodies to grow in. However, to allow man to choose freely their own way, we needed a place [besides heaven] to undertake our mortal proceedings.
So where would be the best place? That's where Earth comes in.
The Creation of Earth
Jesus Christ [under the direction of God] made and created the world in Six “Days”. The process can be followed in Genesis or the book of Moses found in the Pearl of Great Price.
Take careful notice how the process moves one, building basic conponents of life one at a time.
Day 1: Earth took form out of unorganized matter. After it was organized, light was called forth and appeared, creating the cycles we know as day and night. In God's reckoning, this was the first day. The foundation is set for the next work....
Day 2: The sky was organized to divide the waters. This laid foundation for future components....
Day 3: The land is formed from the waters, adding solid ground. Then plants are formed in their varieties to supply the soon coming animals.
Day 4: More organization straightening the seasons and time elapses take place on this day. The sun was organized to rule the day, and the moon and stars were to rule the night. The seasons provided plants their own cycles in life, and provide the variety in land in which we know now.
Day 5: The first animals are organized and created in the oceans, and fowl [birds] dominate the sky.
Day 6: Land creatures ranging from beast to insects inhabit the landmasses in all their variety.
Throughout both accounts, God is said to see his creations as good [in our case, spectacular].
But something big was missing.
The world, flourishing with variety, beauty and great wonders was missing the people for which it was designed.
So Man was created in God's image: our Parents Adam and Eve.
To those who know the story, it seems like Adam is considered the cause of both suffering of the earth and of man.
But if Adam didn’t do what he did, how could we appreciate this world? in the words of a Book of Mormon prophet, “Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy.”
Lets enjoy the world around us, and remember why it stands.
Happy Earth Day “ )
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