DAY 3 Planting the Seeds for Future Generations The Reverend Cameron Burr And God said, ‘Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.’ And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, ‘Let the earth put forth vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the seed in it.’ And it was so. The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed of every kind, and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, the third day. (Genesis 1:9-13) The approach that I have decided to take with this passage is less of a study and more of a critique of how this passage has historically been understood by the Western Church, including the Anglican Communion. We must also address the subsequent teaching that drew on such interpretations, for example that colonisation and the dispossession of peoples’ lands and rights was God’s will. 31
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