Creating vs. Chaos Clean-up

Listening to a discussion on creation by Rabbi Chaim Eisen, I had an "aha" moment.

The biblical text below highlights where God “created”(green) and when He “let there be” additional order in what He had already created (yellow). 

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth

Day 1 - God let there be light, separate from the darkness, calling the light day and the darkness night

Day 2 - God let there be an expanse that separated the midst of the waters, God made the expanse, and called this expanse the sky

Day 3 - God let the land separate from the seas and then let there be vegetation

Day 4 - God let there be lights in the sky to separate day from night, be signs for seasons and for days and years - God made the sun and the moon, along with the stars

Day 5 - God created the sea creatures

Day 6 - God created the land creatures

Before this, I hadn't given any thought to the difference between  God "creating", "letting", and "making" during the six days of forming the world into what we see today.  

God did not create the world in six days.  He created the heavens and the earth in the very beginning.  Then in days 1-4, God put order into the chaos He had already created in the beginning.  There was nothing new created out of nothing until day 5 and day 6 when He created the creatures.

Continuing diving deep into the text, at the end of day 2, there is no "And God saw it was good".  But on day 3 "And God saw it was good" was recorded twice.

The Rabbi put forth the theory that God did not call anything good until it was completed.  In day 2, God started His work with the water/midst separating making the sky, but His work with water was not completed until day 3 when it was also separated from the land.  So in day 3, two things were completed, the separation of water from other items and the growth of vegetation on the newly separated dry land.  This called for two "And God saw it was good" affirmations.

To be spirit lead to talk about God, one needs to know God.  To know God one needs to read and study His Word.  Rabbi Eisen and I have very different views on who is the Messiah.  The Rabbi is a scholar/teacher of the Tanakh (what us gentiles call the Old Testament).  So was Jesus.  Thank you God for placing all kinds of people in my path that help me better understand who you are by better understanding your Word.