Topical Bible: Grass: Created on the Third Creative Day

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Grass, a fundamental component of the earth's vegetation, is first mentioned in the biblical account of creation. According to Genesis 1:11-13 , God commanded the earth to bring forth vegetation, including grass, on the third day of creation: "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 produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day."

In the biblical context, grass is often used symbolically to represent the transient nature of human life. Psalm 103:15-16 states, "As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field; when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more." This imagery underscores the fleeting and temporary nature of human existence in contrast to the eternal nature of God.

Grass also serves as a symbol of God's provision and care for His creation. In Psalm 104:14 , it is written, "He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth." This verse highlights God's role as the sustainer of life, providing for both animals and humans through the growth of grass and other vegetation.

In the New Testament, Jesus uses grass in His teachings to illustrate God's providence and the futility of human anxiety. In Matthew 6:30 , Jesus says, "If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?" Here, grass serves as a reminder of God's attention to even the smallest details of His creation, encouraging believers to trust in His care and provision.

Throughout the Bible, grass is depicted as an essential part of the natural world, created by God to fulfill specific purposes. It is a symbol of life's brevity, God's provision, and His intricate care for all creation. As such, grass holds both practical and spiritual significance within the biblical narrative, reflecting the divine order established during the third day of creation.

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Genesis 1:11
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth: and it was so.
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Mosaic Cosmogony.
... given every green herb for meat.' Can it be disputed that the writer here conceives
that grass, corn, and fruit, were created on the third day, and with ...
/.../temple/essays and reviews the education of the world/mosaic cosmogony.htm

Chapter i
... that the individual things to be created had actually ... And the earth produced grass
and herbs yielding seed after ... itself to the work of the third day, as well ...
//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter i.htm

Jacob Boehme: his Life and Spirit
... my spirit suddenly saw through all, and in all created things, even in herbs and
grass, I knew ... With his third "flash,"[26] which came to him in 1610, when ...
/.../chapter ix jacob boehme his.htm

The Order of Thought which Surrounded the Development of Jesus.
... against which Christianity broke from the third century, was ... by denying the lawfulness
of the tax, created a numerous ... rest on a blade of grass without bending ...
//christianbookshelf.org/renan/the life of jesus/chapter iv the order of.htm

The Maniac
... He would think that the lopping of the grass was an attack ... logical circle, just as
a man in a third-class carriage ... He created his own father and his own mother ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/orthodoxy/ii the maniac.htm

Letter clxvi. (AD 415. )
... formed from the waters, and the trees, the grass, and the ... for each individual body
a new soul is specially created. ... a copy of the passage in the third book to ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter clxvi a d 415.htm

On the Holy Spirit.
... if there is really no hindrance to the third torch being ... lived creature, so aptly
likened to "grass," who "to ... heaven, and the earth, and all created things were ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/on the holy spirit.htm

Growth
... For if God so clothe the grass of the field, which ... it is all but superfluous to seek
a third line of ... good pleasure." We do not plan"we are "created in Christ ...
//christianbookshelf.org/drummond/natural law in the spiritual world/growth.htm

The Power of the Holy Ghost
... the neighborhood been disturbed by the noise created there ... the glorious archangel
out, and a third part of ... of dragons, where each lay shall be grass with reeds ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/the power of the holy.htm

The Gateway into the Kingdom.
... When God created the earth He was alone. ... Can you tell me by what process that same
grass was turned into hair, feathers ... I turned to the third chapter of John. ...
/.../moody/the way to god and how to find it/chapter ii the gateway into.htm