In The Beginning - Chapter 8 (Sixth Creation Day)

Chapter 8

Back in Heaven the angels continued to watch with excited anticipation.  Lucifer, his princes and their cohorts stood silent and powerful awaiting the orders they knew were to come, orders to enter the earthly realm and reside on the earth along side God’s greatest creation.  But the Earth was not yet ready.  Before man was to be created, the beasts of the field must inhabit the Earth.

Lucifer continued to watch as creation was unfolding before him.  But he was also watching God’s earlier heavenly creation.  After all, all those heavenly hosts were his to command as he saw fit; but man… man intrigued him.

God’s plan was known by all of the heavenly realm including Lucifer.  The idea of another being choosing to follow him was intoxicating, but that was not to be.  Those he commanded in the heavenly realm did so because they had no choice.  They were created to that end, but man was another story.  Man would be given the same free will that Lucifer possessed.  Man could make his own decisions about who he would love and follow.  Oh, how Lucifer wanted to be like God.

Sitting on his throne observing the act of creation, the Almighty God saw right through Lucifer.  He saw the emotions stirring within him.  He watched as Lucifer sized up the angelic hosts surrounding him.  He listened to his thoughts as Lucifer continued to struggle with his desire to be like God.

All the while the Cherubim hovered beside the throne of God, ever vigilant and alert.

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Jesus, who existed in the present in every instant of time simultaneously, watched the entire timeline of the Earth as it teemed before him.  It was time to create the beasts of the field.  “Let the earth bring forth every living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the Earth after its kind,” he said.

Using the same programming language he had designed for the plants, sea creatures, and birds, Jesus began populating the land with every species of animal.  Moving throughout the timeline of Earth’s early history he created species after species, one species preparing the way for others, those preparing the way for others still and on and on as time flew by.

Knowing man would need an abundant supply of fuel, Jesus created a means to provide it.  The life of  mankind would be short as earthly time goes, but during his reign upon the Earth he would consume more resources than all the other species combined.  Knowing full well what was needed, Jesus moved to the appropriate time and began creating the creatures which would be known as the dinosaurs.  These dinosaurs would be massive compared to the other creatures, but that great size would mean they could exist in fewer numbers and still provide the resources needed by man.

Jesus knew that creatures of that size would quickly exhaust the other resources on the planet.  His plan called for these creatures to live for time enough to achieve His purpose, then they would once again become a part of the Earth from which they were created.

Moving again to the  appropriate time, Jesus caused a large asteroid to strike the surface of the planet.  The effect was near total annihilation of the dinosaurs and many other species of animals, birds, and sea creatures.  As the surface of the planet heated up, toxic gasses filled the atmosphere and acid rain fell.  A large portion of the plant life also died.

These soulless plants and animals were created from the beginning for one purpose and that was for the benefit of  man.  In their coming full circle back to the Earth from which they were created, the stage was set for the creation of man.

Man would now have a world perfectly situated among the planets of a solar system perfectly situated within a galaxy, perfectly situated within the universe. 

It was located perfectly distant from its star to make the temperature perfect.  Its tilt and rotation provided for the seasons and its moon caused tides both of which were critical for the survival of life.

And now the natural resources critical for man to thrive were in place.  The stage was fully prepared.

Standing in the throne room of heaven Jesus gazed upon the entire universe throughout time.  In the vastness of his omniscience he simultaneously watched every single plant and creature which would ever exist in the history of the universe.

Each had a name as did every star in the heavens.  He knew of every single hair on the surface of every single creature, because his power sustained them.

Every single particle of matter that existed in the universe did so because God willed it.  Each atom held together because of the force He exerted upon it, each planet held its orbit because of the gravity he held in place.

The very fabric of the universe responded to his every whim simply because He willed it and the entirety of it was no more effort for him than a child building a gangly stick figure with a set of Tinker Toys.