Gen 1:31 | KingComments | STEP | After each day of creation, God said of the result: “It was good.” The sixth day is a unique day. If God sees the result of all His work on this day, He can have it recorded as a conclusion of the entire work of creation: “And behold, it was very good.” This means that everything is perfect, so that every creature serves the purpose for which God created it. In all of God’s actions in this chapter we see a picture of His plan with the world we live in now. God gave the earth to Adam and Eve to rule over it. Thus, soon He will be giving to Christ, “the last Adam” ( ), together with the church, of which Eve is a picture ( ), the government over all things in heaven and on earth, “the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth” ( ). And so, “as Head over all things”, God “gave Him … to the church” ( ). Christ will then be the center of the universe. Everything shall be put under His feet ( ) and honor Him: “And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, “To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, [be] blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever”” ( ). In the spiritual development of the believer, this is also the goal toward God is working. He wants Christ to be formed in every believer ( ), that he shows Christ in his deeds ( ). If one’s life is only about Christ, in spiritual growth the ‘father’-stage is reached ( ).

‏ Genesis 1:31

The Sixth day: Everything Was Very Good

After each day of creation, God said of the result: “It was good.” The sixth day is a unique day. If God sees the result of all His work on this day, He can have it recorded as a conclusion of the entire work of creation: “And behold, it was very good.” This means that everything is perfect, so that every creature serves the purpose for which God created it.

In all of God’s actions in this chapter we see a picture of His plan with the world we live in now. God gave the earth to Adam and Eve to rule over it. Thus, soon He will be giving to Christ, “the last Adam” (1Cor 15:45), together with the church, of which Eve is a picture (2Cor 11:2-3), the government over all things in heaven and on earth, “the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth” (Eph 1:10). And so, “as Head over all things”, God “gave Him … to the church” (Eph 1:22).

Christ will then be the center of the universe. Everything shall be put under His feet (Psa 8:4-9) and honor Him: “And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, “To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, [be] blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever”” (Rev 5:13).

In the spiritual development of the believer, this is also the goal toward God is working. He wants Christ to be formed in every believer (Gal 4:19), that he shows Christ in his deeds (2Cor 3:3). If one’s life is only about Christ, in spiritual growth the ‘father’-stage is reached (1Jn 2:13-14).