Christ rose from the dead on the third day, according to the Scriptures. But according to the Scriptures, what happened on the “fourth day”? On Sunday, we are going to take up that question and look at Genesis 1:14–19, which tells us that the lights in the heavens were made on the fourth day. And taking our cues from the rest of the Bible, we are going to see what this day of creation tells us about the world and the One who made the world.

For the last week, OBC has hosted the Simeon Trust workshop. And during that time close to a dozen OBC members taught, led small groups, learned, ran sound, prepared food, cleaned up trash, and blessed men from close to 20 churches across Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, Illinois, and Florida. In short, the work done at OBC this week to study the book of 2 Timothy and to help current and future pastors will bear fruit both now and for generations, even for eternity.

After last week’s sermon, one precocious church member asked if a three-story reading of Genesis 1 suggests a flat earth. In a word, my answer is “no.” (Although, I may say something about the relative flatness of the Dry Land in Gen. 1:10)

Heaven is a place like earth. Have you heard that (sung) before? In some ways, it is exactly right. God made man for the earth, and one day, when death is dead and sin is no more, he will remake the heavens and the earth, so that we spend eternity with him on a glorified earth. At the same time, earth is a place like heaven. Or it should be. God made the world to reflect the glory of heaven, and redemptive history was always aimed to bring God’s image bearers into his heavenly presence. Think Moses, Isaiah, and Paul. Each of them were given visions of heaven—a reflection of what is to come!