Why Does Multiplication Matter?

Genesis 1:22 reads, “and God bless them saying, be fruitful and multiply and fill… the earth.” These are, perhaps, well-known words – but in Genesis 1:22, God does not say them to humans! God will give a similar charge to Adam and Eve just a few verses later, but in Genesis 122 he is speaking to birds, fish, and animals! The full verse says, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply across the earth.” Before God created humans, he designed his good creation to multiply.

But that’s not even the first time we see this theme in the Bible…