Creation Awakens

In the beginning…

In the 3D picture: A dark, quiet ocean stretches under a deep sky, before the light appears.

Bible references: Genesis 1:1-2

The First Day: Light

God divided the light from the darkness. The light appeared before the sun.

The light appeared at God’s word, before the sun existed.

In the interactive tour: Turn on the light.

• The warm light chased the darkness away from the waters.

Bible references: Genesis 1:3

The Second Day: The Sky and the Waters

God made the expanse of the sky and divided the waters above from the waters below.

God divided the waters above from the waters below and made room for the sky.

In the interactive tour: Lift the sky.

• Lift the sky

Bible references: Genesis 1:7

The Third Day: The Land and the Plants

The dry land came up out of the waters, and then plants covered the earth.

Every seed grows after its kind, just as God ordered.

In the interactive tour: Discover the dry land, then plant the flowers, the bushes and the trees.

• The dry land rose out of the waters.
• The flowers filled the earth with color.
• The bushes and ferns grew on the earth.
• The trees grew and filled with fruit.

Bible references: Genesis 1:9

The Fourth Day: The sun, the moon and the stars

God made the sun, the moon and the stars and set them in the sky.

The lights mark the day, the night and the seasons, but the light already existed.

In the interactive tour: Put the lights in the sky.

• The sun lights the day.
• The moon and the stars light the night.

Bible references: Genesis 1:16

The Fifth Day: The Birds and the Fish

God filled the waters with living creatures and the sky with birds.

The sky is the birds’ home, and the water is the fish’s home.

In the interactive tour: Fill the water and the sky with life.

• Colorful fish swim near the surface of the oasis.
• The birds fly together above the garden.

Bible references: Genesis 1:20

The Sixth Day: The Animals and People

God made the animals of the earth, then created people in His own image.

God created people in His own image: male and female.

In the interactive tour: Call the animals into the garden.

• The lion has come into the garden.
• The deer has come into the garden.
• The elephant has come into the garden.

Bible references: Genesis 1:27

The Seventh Day: The Holy Rest

The work of creation was finished and very good. God blessed the seventh day.

God blessed the seventh day and invites us to stop and look.

In the interactive tour: Stop and look.

• God looked at everything He had made: it was all very good.

Bible references: Genesis 2:2-3

Stop and look.

• The lion rests in the garden full of life.
• The fruit trees fill the earth with color and food.
• In the middle of the garden is the tree of life.
• The sun lights the day.
• The moon and the stars light the night.
• The fish swim quietly in the clear water.
• The birds fly across the sky above the garden.
• A river flows out of Eden and waters the garden.
• Then the river divides into four heads.
• God placed Adam and Eve in the garden.
• God looked at everything He had made: it was all very good.

Bible references: Genesis 2:2-3; Genesis 2:8-14

The Garden of Eden: bonus story

Discover the two special trees and the river that watered the garden.

A river watered the garden, and from there it divided into four heads.

• The tree of life was in the middle of the garden.
• The tree of the knowledge of good and evil was here too.
• A river went out of Eden and watered the garden.
• The Pison, the Gihon, the Hiddekel and the Euphrates flowed out from Eden.

Bible references: Genesis 2:8-14