April 15, 2020

“20 ¶ Then God said, “Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens.” 21 So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 So the evening and the morning were the fifth day.” (Genesis 1:20-23 NKJV)

     On the fifth day the wondrous and lustrous world is enhanced as the waters and sky are filled with “creatures” of all kinds! The silent earth is suddenly flooded with the sound of many creatures and their songs join together like a great symphony! The praise for the Creator has begun!

     Each of the creatures was made after their “kind” which means to be portioned out and is often used for species. God used kind for the animals which could reproduce or be fruitful and multiply.

     God blessed the creatures. The word blessed here is used in an intensive and imperfect sense. In Greek this means a firm or intensive action which continuing and not yet complete.