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“And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear…and God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called He seas: and God saw that it was good” (Genesis 1:9-10).
Many years ago, a young girl whom I knew asked her father the question, “In Genesis 1, why did God have to wait until the third day to say the words, “God saw that it was good?” Her father did not know, and when he asked me, I did not know either. So, we asked someone else, who gave us the answer.
The expression “the third day” in the Bible usually speaks of death and resurrection. The expression “the waters” often speaks of judgment, and when “the waters” were “gathered together into one place,” it speaks of the cross and the judgment the Lord Jesus suffered there. As a result, the dry land appeared, speaking of the blessing that we get from the work of Christ for us. Man could not live on the earth unless dry land appeared, nor could we have eternal life unless Christ died for us. So God could not say that “it was good” until after the Lord Jesus had died for us, and suffered the penalty for sin. Everything that is good in this sinful world is the result of what happened at the cross of Christ. I really enjoyed this answer, and I hope you do too!
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