It Was Very Good

Genesis 1:24-31 NetBible
1:24 God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals, each according to its kind.” It was so. 1:25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the cattle according to their kinds, and all the creatures that creep along the ground according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.

1:26 Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth.”

1:27 God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.1:28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.” 1:29 Then God said, “I now give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 1:30 And to all the animals of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to all the creatures that move on the ground – everything that has the breath of life in it – I give every green plant for food.” It was so.

1:31 God saw all that he had made – and it was very good! There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.

The sixth day is crowned with the creation of man. That is the point of creation. Not that we are center of the universe, but that we would find that center and be with Him- God. For this reason we are created in His image. This image is beyond the physical as indicated by being accomplished in both male and female. We are not made to merely crawl on the earth like other creatures, but to commune with God the Creator Himself.

All things are given to us, even that of God giving of Himself to redeem us who have gone astray. He did this when we did not seek Him. When we did not love Him, He loves us. The present tense of God’s love is used because His love has been and always is present, just as He is present and timeless. All else may change and fade, but He remains.

At the end of the day, God looks at all He had made. He blesses mankind and gives them everything- and it was very good!