In the Beginning...

Sun, Moon, Stars
Genesis 1:14-19 - Day 4
God created lights in the sky, including a greater and lesser light, to separate day from night and to be the basis for calendars of special days and seasons. That means that the Sun, Moon, and stars appeared on Day 4, after the Earth already existed and had plants on the land. (This order is contrary to evolutionary theory.)

Genesis 1:16
God made two great lights--the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. NIV
So God made the two larger lights, the sun to rule over the day and the moon to rule over the night; he also made the stars. TEV
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Genesis 1:20-23 - Day 5
God created all creatures of the water and of the air. (So whales and birds were created before land animals, contrary to evolutionary theory.)

Genesis 1:20
And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky." NIV
Then God commanded, "Let the water be filled with many kinds of living beings, and let the air be filled with birds." TEV
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Genesis 1:24-25 - Day 6, first part
God created the land animals. Later verses indicate that they were all vegetarians, eating only plants.

Genesis 1:24
And God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind." And it was so. NIV
Then God commanded, "Let the earth produce all kinds of animal life: domestic and wild, large and small"--and it was done. TEV
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Therefore dinosaurs were also created on Day 6, along with other land animals that are now extinct.

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