GENESIS 1:12
And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. [Genesis 1:12 NKJV]
The earth produced vegetation—plants that produce seeds and trees that produce seeded fruit—each one according to its own kind. God saw that it was good. [Genesis 1:12 FBV]
Bible Teacher:
Even though the earth brought forth, produced, gave its strength, bore fruits and yielded seeds, in obeying God's Word, the earth was doing these things according to their kinds. And God saw it was good. Behold the freewill from God's Word and the appreciation of value from God's Sight, to these which the earth was doing. The Earth was having its own way and doing its own kinds of things peculiar to all varieties of plants production, while obeying the Word of God.
№ ·¹· The Earth brings forth fruits of herself/itself [Mark 4:28]. This meant the Earth acts as if it's its own boss, and not necessarily act under any duress or force to bring forth. It's called yielding, but the earth does not yield its strength out of fear or pressure to anyone; rather the earth yields it's strength and brings forth fruits out of its own freewill to fulfill the harvest of sowing and reaping, giving and receiving. For example, the ground that cursed Cain for spilling the blood of his brother, Abel, rebelled or refused to yield its strength to Cain [Genesis 4:12]. For this reason, there are grounds that are good grounds because they would easily yield to the sowers, some thirty fold, some sixty fold, and some 100 fold [Mark 4:8]. But there are also grounds that are not good at yielding, some of which would waste the seeds or investments in them, others would either ignore those seeds or wickedly yield thorns and thistles or different things instead.
№ ·²· The Earth brings Leaves, Seeds, Trees and Fruits, according to their kinds, not according to your minds nor according to the Earth's likeness. The Earth was not producing or reproducing according to the Sower or according to the earth itself, but according to the Seeds, Trees and Fruits. The loyalty of the earth in bringing forth was to the Kinds of Information/Instructions inside the Seeds/Trees/Fruits, and not loyalty to information/instruction of the Sower, Investor or Commander. Behold, the information that structured the shapes, sizes, nature and behaviors, of each seed, leaf, tree and fruit, was not according to God's Word but according to the kindness or uniqueness of each of them. So even though the earth was yielding her strength to bringforth these, the earth was not imposing her strength on these. Yielding one's strength is different from imposing one's strength. And just as God was not imposing Himself to force the earth to yield its strength, the earth too was not imposing itself to force the plants to be or look like the earth. So there were millions of divers plants, seeds and fruits, and yet none of them took after the resemblance of the earth that produced and bore them; and they barely have the same color of the earth, and instead turned the surface color of the earth into greenery. Therefore, the earth have borne and fed offspring that do not even look like it in any kind; and yet the earth remained faithful to their kinds according to their kinds.
№ ·³· And God saw it was good: He appreciated and valued it. God show respect to it, for it was the product His Word and Works.
Commentaries:
In the Bible verse above, the Earth yielded, gave, and presented its first Offerings of the fruits of the Ground to God according as God required; and God saw it was good and acceptable in His Sight.
Being a dry ground did not turn it into a desert or wilderness, neither was it barren because it was newly setup. God was not looking at the season (time) for it to bear fruits, but looking at how good it was for it to bear fruits, and to yield plants and products that will also bear fruits, seeds and herbs.
Be faithful in bearing good fruits, good yields and good harvests to God, like the earth was.
Bible Teacher:
At the time God saw it was good, there was no eater or consumer yet to the fruits that were produced and no sower yet to the seeds that were yielded: there was only the Seer, God, who saw it was good. He didn't eat or taste them to know it was good; He only saw them and saw it was good.
Those trees existed with their fruits and vegetables and seeds, without anyone to eat or use them; and yet God saw it was good, appreciated and approved it for the earth and them. It was good even when it was not food. It doesn't depend on being food for it to be good. Even so, your books|works may be good in the sight of God even if it has not yet been food to mankind. Behold the trees in the Garden of Eden were all good even though not all were food to mankind. And even when all mankind and all eaters were driven away from the Garden leaving those trees with their fruits in it, those trees and fruits remained good in the sight of God even though no eater could reach or desire them. A tree and its fruits should not get its validation based on size of the accessibilities, attentions and attractions, People and Animals have toward it. Rather, let the validation of a tree and its fruits come from God.
In the past, mankind queued for food at the tree of knowledge of good and evil, which the devil made to appear very attractive, sweet and captivating, to their desires. This they did, neglecting the better food from the tree of life in the same Garden. Even until now, most men and women are still after the lusts and prides of this world; and only fewer of men and women seek the Kingdom of God and the eternal treasures of His Righteousness and Life.
Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him.” [John 6:27 NKJV]