And the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made, from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having made them.

From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.

By faith it is clear to us that the order of events was fixed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made from things which only seem to be.

But in taking this view they put out of their minds the memory that in the old days there was a heaven, and an earth lifted out of the water and circled by water, by the word of God;

The host

Give praise to him, all you his angels: give praise to him, all his armies.

And the heaven and the earth and all things in them were complete.

And when your eyes are lifted up to heaven, and you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the army of heaven, do not let yourselves be moved to give them worship, or become the servants of what the Lord has given equally to all peoples under heaven.

And they will put them out before the sun and the moon and all the stars of heaven, whose lovers and servants they have been, after whom they have gone, to whom they have made prayers, and to whom they have given worship: they will not be put together or placed in the earth; they will be waste on the face of the earth.

Because by them the true word of God was changed into that which is false, and they gave worship and honour to the thing which is made, and not to him who made it, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.

Breath

If you send out your spirit, they are given life; you make new the face of the earth.

And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.

By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through.

The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Ruler of all gives me life.

And when he had said this, breathing on them, he said to them, Let the Holy Spirit come on you:

General references

The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Ruler of all gives me life.

All things came into existence through him, and without him nothing was.

Did not my hand make all these things?