We have come to the fifth day of creation, which means that God is creating time. The basis of time is the seven-day week. So, in the fifth day we enter the second trimester of three days, the fifth, sixth and seventh days. All other divisions of time are governed by the sun, moon and stars of heaven. The sun governs the 24-hour day, and the moon governs the month (roughly 29 ½ days). The stars of heaven in their constellations govern our seasons and years. Spring equinox to spring equinox equals one year, or autumn equinox to autumn equinox is the second way to number them; seed time to seed time or harvest to harvest equals one year. We may number our years differently, today. However, basically, these things are true no matter how we wish to number our days. Spring, summer, autumn and winter will always come in their seasons, no matter how we compose our calendars.
Immediately after the end of the fourth day, we find God calling into existence, nephesh (H5315) life, or air breathing life, life that moves on its own, has a mind of some sort etc. God completed the atmosphere on the fourth day. So, on the fifth day he brings into existence air breathing (nephesh – H5315) life, which suddenly exist for the first time. God said, “Let the waters crawl (H8317) with crawlers (H8318; having the ability to move from one place to another) that have nephesh (H5315; soul life, awareness, breathing life). In other words, the waters of the seas and fresh water places on the earth were to teem with life (Genesis 1:20). Moreover, God called the fowl (ofe – H5775) or winged things into existence, which not only include birds but all winged insects, and they would fly in the open expanse in the face of or the lower part of the firmament.
Once again, we find the second Figure of the account of creation, creating or bringing to pass what God had described. In Genesis 1:21 God created (H1254; same word as Genesis 1:1) the great whales, vis-à-vis tanniyn (H8577), which includes whales of various sizes, sharks, dolphins, the large reptiles (serpents, dragons, crocodiles etc.). He also created the smaller creatures (nephesh; H5315) that move in the waters, and he brought them forth abundantly, according to their kind. Thus, God blessed them by commanding them to be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters, and similarly let the winged creatures fill the air (Genesis 1:22). According to the text, this wasn’t done according to the evolutionary model, from simpler to more complex. Rather, God created all life perfect, meaning complete, and mature from the beginning of each one’s existence. Moreover, in the blessing of these creatures, God effectively promises his protection against destruction. That is, neither man nor nature will be able to completely destroy what God has done. Although men are bent on destruction, God will protect what he has created from the total destruction. In other words, the way back to blessing will always be present, and repentance will always be possible.
Thus, at this point, we come to the end of the earth’s being “without form (tohu; H8414) and void (bohu, meaning empty, H922),” which we were told described our solar system, when God first created it (Genesis 1:2). God created order during the first four days of creation, so that the earth was given form, and on the fifth day of creation God took away the emptiness of the earth by bringing forth life in abundance in the earth’s waters and in the expanse above. So, with the setting of the sun, after the completion of the night and the day, God concluded the fifth day, saying what he had done was good, nothing else needed to be done to fulfill his purpose in that labor, so he was pleased (Genesis 1:23).
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