Day 3 of Creation (or I would have done it differently) Read
Genesis 1 using an amplified Bible or a NIV study Bible if one
is available. On day 3 of creation, God caused the dry land to
appear on earth (Genesis 2: 5-6. Initially there was no
vegetation (plants) on the earth’s surface (Gen. 2: 5). Prior to
vegetation covering the land, carbon dioxide existed in high
levels in the atmosphere secondary to volcanic action in the
earth’s crust. Once plant-like micro-organisms began to appear,
plants converted carbon dioxide to oxygen using light.
Subsequently, earth’s atmosphere became rich in oxygen which
animals and man need to breathe and live. In this blog I will
use the word plants in place of vegetation. From the study of
all life (biology), Plantae (plants) are living organisms that
include trees, shrubs, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns,
mosses and flowers. The Bible says that the reason there was no
plants initially on the dry land was because 1) God had not yet
caused it to rain upon the earth and 2