Six Days to Make Our World

How long did God decide He would take to make our world?

“In six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.”
—Exodus 20:11.

The eternal, all-powerful Creator could have formed the world in a moment “by the breath of His mouth.” But when God decided to create our inhabitable world, He chose to take six days to do it. He didn’t need six days—six minutes would have been sufficient, or even six seconds.

The first chapter in the Bible, Genesis 1, describes what God created on each day of the creation week. Read it when you can.

Creation Week

Day One: light; sequence of day and night
Day Two: earth’s atmosphere
Day Three: dry land, vegetation
Day Four: sun and moon appeared
Day Five: birds and fish
Day Six: land animals, man
Day Seven: the Sabbath