Bible Discussion Thread

when God was calling for things to come he did not call for Air but we have abundant of it, where was the air then ?

Hello Sebastian;

The air that is our immediate atmosphere was created by God at some point during the Genesis account. Our air is made of

matter. Oxygen is made of atoms and molecules, Nitrogen is made up of atoms and molecules, Hydrogen is made up the same

way, as is all elements of matter in our atmosphere, on the earth, in all creatures, water, land, within the earth, and in space

outside of our atmosphere. Not just planets, stars, suns, galaxies, etc. but what is contained in what seems like "empty spaces"

in the universe. These spaces contain chemical elements, radio waves, magnetic fields, gravitational pulls, space dust, water

molecules, light waves, and a myriad of things I do not know about, but scientists may know. There most likely is an almost

infinite number of things that exist that we cannot see nor detect in the universe. These all are created and designed by God

when He created the heavens and the earth. Even any "vacuum" space was created by Him even if it does not contain any

matter because it occupies a space in the universe which was not in existence before creation.

Hope this helps.

I'm thinking that when God was working on the 3rd Day in Genesis. It was before He made any creatures or man.

Genesis 1:13-18

He was working on space, planets, firmament, day, night.

Mishael

Hi Sebastian. The Genesis account doesn't give us detail about the creation of 'air" (or, you might be referring to oxygen & the many chemical elements that make up our atmosphere). Maybe detailing it, was considered unimportant, as the creation of living things by God would have meant that the 'air' they breathed in would have contained all the elements needed for their existence. But it could be argued whether there was oxygen on the planet before the creation of living things.