Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.
The earth was naked and barren until God's word gave it new virtue to bring forth. Though the sun quickens the soil now, God performed this work without it to teach us that all fruitfulness flows from His mouth alone, not from secondary causes that we foolishly trust as if they were self-sufficient.
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God descended from heaven to this lower world to fit it for man's habitation and maintenance, building his house and spreading his table. Where confusion reigned, order now appears: waters gathered to their place, dry land emerging. No sooner said than done.
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Commenting on Genesis 1:9-13
Grass, herbs that yield seed, and fruit trees each according to its kind, three distinct classes, all springing up at God's command. The earth retained sufficient moisture and warmth, yet these natural conditions would have been worthless without almighty power to produce full-grown plants bearing seed and fruit in a single day.
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