The Emergence -- The Resurrection
Man can exist on the seas for a time; but he can only stay there for extended periods when he's in a boat (Noah and the ark might come to mind here). It's on dry ground that man was created to live. That's where his provisions are found: Fresh water and most foods.
And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so. God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:9-10)
The picture here is the emergence of the great land mass from within the seas. In its fullness, this is a representation of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The same imagery is used when Jesus paralleled His resurrection with Jonah brought up from the deep and spit out onto land by the great fish.
Where did the ground come from? It seems to have existed from before time itself. Following along with the analogy of Jesus being the light that came into the world as a baby and living as a man; and Jesus being separated from His Father in death. Here Jesus is shown as existing before everything else begins!
Plants and Trees -- His Provision for Life
Food grows on the dry ground. In fact, everything we need is found on dry ground; it even carries the fresh water in channels.
Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds." And it was so. The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning-- the third day. (Genesis 1:11-13)
What is found in Christ? Everything we need!
His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. (2 Peter 1:3)
The plants are even the source of grain used in the making of flour for bread. And continuing with the theme of this analogy, this bread is the "Bread of Life" is Jesus. Is all this making sense? The entire creation is about Jesus.
