Our triune, sovereign God is a God of revelation who reveals himself to us in various ways. One of the main means he uses to reveal himself to us, is of course, his written Word. In the Old and the New Testament, we learn much about God, his character and his plans for the world he has created. We learn much about him also through the promises and covenants he has made with us – his supreme creatures. And yet, God in his kindness and goodness has given us pattern and order in his created world, our universe. We see it first in the six days of creation, and then we see it throughout the Scriptures, but also in created nature. When God created the world there was order and logic in the reasons and the timing of each created element. Light was the first element God created because the world was formless and dark, and light was needed to support life. Man, on the other hand, was created on the sixth day, and by then the created world was such that Adam and Eve could live and survive. So, we can see order and the logic in creation, already from the beginning.
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