Playlist: Creation, Third Day (topic)
The Third Day (Part One)
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughOn the third day of creation, as recorded in Genesis 1:9-13, God performed significant acts that set a pattern for understanding third day events throughout Scripture. First, He revealed the dry land by separating the waters, uncovering a habitable space for life. This act of revelation suggests that third day events often …
The Third Day (Part Two)
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughIn the account of the third day of creation in Genesis 1, God separated the land from the seas, uncovering what was hidden and revealing the earth for human habitation. This act of separation suggests a theme of exposing hidden truths, transforming potential tragedy into joy by providing a place for life. On this same day, God …
The Seed of Eternal Life
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsOn the third day of creation, God caused plant life to appear on the earth, bringing forth grasses, seed-producing herbs, and fruit-bearing trees. He decreed that each would reproduce according to its kind, establishing order in nature and preparing the earth for habitation by humans and animals. This provision of food through …
What's in It for Me?
Sermonette by Mark SchindlerBecause seed-bearing designates fruit that is good for food, it is possible that the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil was not seed-bearing.
Grass of the Field
Sermonette by Ronny H. GrahamIf physical life (symbolized by the grass of the earth) withers away, we who have been given the Word of the Lord will endure and thrive forever.
God's Splendor Revealed in Orchids!
Commentary by Martin G. CollinsOn the third day of creation God commanded the earth to bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, with the seed in itself upon the earth. The earth responded by producing grass and the herb that yields seed according to its kind, along with the tree that yields …
Patterns That We Live With
Sermon by Charles Whitaker (1944-2021)God created the land-sea dichotomy on the third day by commanding the waters under the sky to gather so that dry land would appear. He named the dry land earth and the gathered waters seas, declaring this arrangement good. This distinction forms one of the seven-day order dichotomies that structure physical life under the sun. …
Imagining the Garden of Eden (Part Two)
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThe material notes that God created the plants on the third day of creation. By the time of the events described in Genesis 2 those plants had not yet been put to their intended use. No cultivation or agriculture had begun, so no shrub or tree had been planted in the fields and no herb, grain, or vegetable had sprouted. The …