Lesson 7: The World, Part 1

From: Peep of Day By: Favell Lee Bevan Mortimer

Genesis 1:1‑10 • 4 min. read • grade level: 2

Gen. 1:1-10¹In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. ²And 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. ³And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. ⁴And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. ⁵And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. ⁶And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. ⁷And 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. ⁸And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. ⁹And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. ¹⁰And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:1‑10).

THIS large place we live in is called the world. It is very beautiful. If we look up, we see the blue sky; if we look down, we see the green grass. The sky is like a curtain spread over our heads, the grass like a carpet under our feet, and the bright sun is like a very bright light. It was very kind of God to make such a beautiful world, and to let us live in it.

God was in heaven, and all His bright angels around Him, when He began to make the world.1 God’s Son was with Him, for God always had a Son, 2just like Himself.3

His Son’s name is Jesus Christ. He is as good and great as God His Father. The Father and the Son are God. They always lived together, and They love each other perfectly. 4The Father and the Son are one God, and They made the world.5 How did God make the world?

By speaking. First of all, God made the light. God said, ‘let there be light,’ and there was light. No one but God can make things by speaking. God made things out of nothing. He only spoke, and the light came. 6

Then God made the air. You cannot see the air, but you can feel it. The air is everywhere. You can sometimes hear the noise it makes, for you hear the wind blow, and the wind is air.

Next God put some water up very high. The clouds are full of water; and sometimes the water comes down, and we call it rain.

God made a large, deep place and filled it with water. God spoke to the water, and it rushed into the deep place. God called this water the sea. 7

The sea is very large, and it is always moving up and down, and tossing itself about. But it cannot get out of the large, deep place in which God has put it; for God said, ‘Stay there.’ 8 When the wind blows hard, the sea makes a loud noise, and roars.

God made some dry land for us to walk upon. We call it ground. We could not walk on the sea or build houses on the sea; but the ground is hard and firm and dry.

Now I have told you of five things that God made:

1. The light.

2. The air.

3. The clouds.

4. The sea.

5. The dry land.

Let us praise God for making such a large and beautiful world.

‘Twas God who made this world so fair,

The shining sun, the sky, the air;

‘Twas God who made the sea, the ground,

And all the things I see around.

When He began the world to make,