Water the Medium

“All organisms familiar to us are made mostly of water and live in an environment dominated by water. Water is the biological medium here on Earth, and possibly on other planets as well. Life on Earth began in water and evolved there for three billion years before spreading onto land. Modern life, even terrestrial (land dwelling) life, remains tied to water. All living organisms require water more than any other substance.” Biology Seventh Edition—Campbell & Reece.

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day. 6 Then God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” 7 Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day. 9 Then God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:1-10

It sounds to me that in the very beginning, water was not just central to the creation but was the first thing and only thing that existed until God made a “firmament in the midst of the waters and divided the waters from the waters.”

I once heard a preacher named Yan Venter say that all of space and planet Earth inside space were created as a bubble was made when God “divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament.” Personally, I am not sure what to think about that, but it is fun idea to think about as it is. I don’t believe in macro evolution but I do believe that water was and is central to the creation of life.

Before a child is even born it lives in water (embryonic fluid) within its mother’s belly. When the water breaks it is time for the child to leave. Nevertheless, he or she will always be dependent upon water to continue existing.