Pleasant And Good - Genesis 2:9

Genesis 2:9 ESV 

And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Every tree that is pleasant to the eye and good for food comes up out the ground, including the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Both it and the tree of life were in the midst or middle of the garden. 

To Adam and Eve that tree appeared as good as the tree of life, except the Lord told them not to eat of it lest they die. Often a way will seem good to a man, though the Lord may say something else. He has a different perspective, the complete view and understanding of everything that's been, is, and going to be, yet it is often hard to let go and let God and trust God. Maybe we are plagued with a little dust in our eyes. 

Planted A Garden - Genesis 2:8

Genesis 2:8 ESV

And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

The earth had received form and substance, but God had something other in mind for creation. From the dust of the ground He formed a man and placed Adam in a special place, a place where the Lord would meet and commune with man. 

Adam is described as the first man and the son of God. Later Jesus would come as the first man and the Son of God. There were other men present when Christ appeared, but there was none like Him. 

The Lord had begun working the ground. He planted a garden and continued the separation that began with the separation of light and darkness. The garden would be the focal point of the light of the Lord on earth. There man could walk with the Lord in His presence. 

We are able to return to that garden of His presence if we receive the Holy Spirit. It is there the seed of His word has taken root and a new garden is planted. From the dust we come and are transferred into this garden when we believe. We are the ground of a new harvest. 

Adam was put in the place of choosing between that light and darkness. Jesus chose to bring the light. 

No Man To Work The Ground - Genesis 2:5-6

Genesis 2:5-6 ESV

When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground, and a mist was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground—

God had not yet sent the rain from heaven, the living water that is able to provide true life, onto the earth. Instead the land was watering itself. Unlike the creation of man, God was about to provide a man to work the ground, to grow a harvest of men filled with the life of God. 

Have Dominion - Genesis 1:28

Genesis 1:28 ESV

And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Man, male and female, is given dominion over the earth. They are to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. This is a different mission from the one given to Adam and Eve. They are made in His image and are given life, but don't receive the breath of God. 

Man is created, male and female, as other living creatures. They are given dominion over the earth and charged to be fruitful and fill the earth, made in God's image, but without the breath of God. They breath the same air and have the same life force in them as every other creature on earth. Their life is in the blood, in the flesh, and not alive in Spirit. God would begin that creation in the man Adam, the first son of God. 

They were blessed by their Creator. He would send His Son in the fullness of time to do what Adam could not do. The way to God would be provided. The ground would be worked as intended. 

Are Gathered - Genesis 1:9-10

Genesis 1:9-10 ESV 

And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

The separation continues in the waters below. The dry land appears and waters are gathered in one place. Jesus tells us the sheep will be separated from the goats and the wheat from the chaff. The dry land is where the seed of the word will be planted. 

The dry land appears out of the seas. Later Moses would lead the Israelites through the Red Sea. Jesus would rise from His baptism in the water and begin the wilderness journey similar to the wilderness journey of the Israelites after leaving the Red Sea. The Israelites would fail and die in the wilderness, but Jesus would and will prevail in the day to come. We will be gathered by the Lord and it will be good. 

Be Light - Genesis 1:1-5

Genesis 1:1-5 ESV 

​In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

In the beginning refers to our beginning. God has no beginning or end. 

There are two things mentioned as above the empty earth. "Darkness was over the deep". The Hebrew word for deep has connotations that includes abyss and grave. "The Spirit of God was hovering" and was in action over the waters. The dividing and separating is about to begin. 

God created the heavens and earth. The earth was concealed by the waters and darkness held sway. Waters symbolize mankind in other places in Scripture. It is through the waters we come and a new earth will be visible when the sons of God are revealed. 

The purpose of creation is contained in the command, "Let there be light." Without light the earth is without form and void. It is the same with a man without the light of God. Light brings form and makes things visible. 

The Spirit hovers over the face of the waters. The Spirit is part of the light and brings the light into the heart of every man that receives it. He has drawn near. 

The rest of the Bible recounts the past and future of how that light rises and fills creation to the perfection of God's will. 

Separate The Waters - Genesis 1:6-8

Genesis 1:6-8 ESV

And God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

There are two realms in creation. They are the heavenly places that may be seen as the spiritual realm and earth, the material realm below. There is life above and below the expanse separating them. 

A recurring theme of Scripture is the fulfillment of God's purpose by the younger of two. Consider Adam and Jesus, Cain and Abel, Ishmael and Isaac, Esau and Jacob, and the Old and New Covenants. The blessing falls not on the first, but the one after. 

It is the body of Christ that receives the ultimate blessing of God. Even the angels long to see what He is doing. His power is perfected in our weakness. 

In Revelation we see that the waters are dried up and the sea is no more. The earth is cleansed of all wickedness and like Noah, we step off the ark into a new creation.