In The Beginning - Chapter 4 (First Creation Day)

Chapter 4

Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

- John 1:3 

Jesus looked upon the tiny ball of matter on which he would place man.  Like the editor of a vast motion picture He moved from the heavenly realm back to the earthly realm to a place in the timeline of the universe when the third planet of the Milky Way galaxy was being formed and watched as the process he had put into motion brought the planets together.

From watching the entire future history of the universe unfold before him, Jesus was keenly aware that, with the proper preparations, a window in time of Earth's history would open which would provide a perfect environment for humans to exists.  With this in mind, He started the process of preparing the Earth for its future inhabitants.

“Man will take great pleasure in staring at the heavenly lights”, said Jesus.  “We will place him in such a location as to be able to watch the galaxies unfolding around him.”

As the Earth was bombarded by other chunks of matter a molten core of heavy particles was formed with lighter particles covering the surface.  As the Earth cooled Jesus was aware that the Earth would need a delicate balance of nature in order to sustain life.  With a flick of a finger he caused a collision to occur between the earth and another smaller planet.

Jesus caused the force of the impact to be just powerful enough to knock the Earth about 23 degrees off of its axis.  “Perfect” said Jesus.  “Now the Earth can have its seasons.”  This was required so that the Earth could sustain plant and animal life.

Also during the collision a large chunk of the Earth flew away from the surface of the planet.  The Earth’s gravity kept it from moving too far away and additional collisions by smaller comets and meteors increased its size until its gravitational pull was exactly as Jesus had planned.[i]

“Good,” said Jesus.  “Now the Earth will have its tides.”

After this, Jesus caused a heavy bombardment of meteorites and comets to come against the earth and the entire surface of the earth became densely packed and covered in ice.

Jesus said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water.”

On command the Earth’s core began struggling to expand sending lava spewing to the surface.  The ice melted into steam which contained carbon dioxide and other elements which floated away from the surface.  Earth’s gravity held these particles close enough to create a protective barrier above the Earth.  The resulting greenhouse effect cause the ice to melt and the entire surface of the earth became covered in water.[ii]  The canopy of volcanic dust and water particles held together perfectly giving the earth a warm blanket under which Jesus could perform his even greater works of creation.

At this time the light from the nearby Sun was still dim.  If not for the canopy of the atmosphere the entire Earth would have remained ice.  As it was, the surface was warm with just enough light breaking through the canopy to fill the earth with a faint glow of light.

Jesus looked at all He had done.  He looked at the expanse between the atmosphere and the oceans covering the Earth and he called the expanse “sky”.  The second step in creating order from chaos was complete.

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Back in the heavenly realm Lucifer governed with calm efficiency.  His leadership was brilliant, his methods perfection.  Those whom he governed followed him with devotion and admiration.

He watched as Jesus brought the universe into being and was in awe.  “Such power, such amazing power,” he thought.  “How privileged I am to be given authority over the entire heavenly realm.”

He continued to watch as Jesus went about his work.

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[i] A body’s gravity is directly related to its mass and distance from its neighbors.  The higher the mass the stronger the gravitational pull, and the closer an object is to another the stronger its pull from that object.  For more information the reader can research Newton’s law of universal gravitation and Einstein’s theory of general relativity or Gauss’ law for gravity.

[ii] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Earth