Difference between revisions of "Genesis 1:24"

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This passage contains a '''positive''' command, framed as an expression of God's intent, directed toward the universe at large: "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind".
 
This passage contains a '''positive''' command, framed as an expression of God's intent, directed toward the universe at large: "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind".
 
===Categories===
 
===Categories===
This command can be said to affect the [[Principles and Definitions]]. It is part of a group of passages which demonstrate the power of God, and the [[Creator-Creation Distinction]]. It also has relevance to [[Hybridization]], because God qualified that the animals should be brought forth after their kind.  
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This command can be said to affect the [[Principles and Definitions]]. It is part of a group of passages which demonstrate the power of God, and the [[:Category:Creator-Creation Distinction|Creator-Creation Distinction]][[Category:Creator-Creation Distinction]]. It also has relevance to [[Hybridization]], because God qualified that the animals should be brought forth after their kind.  
  
 
This command pertains to the [[:Category:Created Order|Created Order]][[Category:Created Order]]. It legislates a behavior of natural creation.
 
This command pertains to the [[:Category:Created Order|Created Order]][[Category:Created Order]]. It legislates a behavior of natural creation.
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This command has direct relevance to an understanding of the following topics:
 
This command has direct relevance to an understanding of the following topics:
  
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*[[:Category:Creator-Creation Distinction|Creator-Creation Distinction]][[Category:Creator-Creation Distinction]]
 
*[[:Category:Created Order|Created Order]][[Category:Created Order]]
 
*[[:Category:Created Order|Created Order]][[Category:Created Order]]
 
*[[Hybridization]]
 
*[[Hybridization]]
  
 
==Notes on Interpretation/Application==
 
==Notes on Interpretation/Application==

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24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so.

Classification

The Command

This passage contains a positive command, framed as an expression of God's intent, directed toward the universe at large: "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind".

Categories

This command can be said to affect the Principles and Definitions. It is part of a group of passages which demonstrate the power of God, and the Creator-Creation Distinction. It also has relevance to Hybridization, because God qualified that the animals should be brought forth after their kind.

This command pertains to the Created Order. It legislates a behavior of natural creation.

Fulfillment

This command is abiding in function; animals continue to persist on the earth.

Topics

This command has direct relevance to an understanding of the following topics:

Notes on Interpretation/Application