GENESIS 1:30
Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food”; and it was so. [NKJV]
And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth —everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. [BSB]
This was the last outloud spoken speech God made in the first Chapter of Genesis Book; and it was so. "It was so" usually came before "It was good," because "God said" usually came before "God made." Immediately God said it, it was so; then after God made it, God would see it was good.
Now behold the last God said in this chapter and therefore the final "It was So" in this phase.
Bible Teacher:
In the Bible verse above, God still used "I have" or "I Am He who has" given every "Green" herbs or plant vegetables to be food to every Beast of the earth, every bird of the air, and every creeping thing on earth, that already had the breath of life in it. There are two basic features about this feasting God gave all earth animals:
*1" Green — The food God gave to all living creatures on earth came with the first color ever mentioned in the Bible — Green. You may find a living creature of earth that is colorblind to another color, but none is blind to the color "Green," which was the color of the first food God gave to their ancestors in the beginning.
*2" The Table was "Incompa-tible" but also "adap-table" — The food God gave to all living creatures on earth incompatible to the groups of living creatures God mentioned. Notice that the "Cattle-Group" was not mentioned in the Bible verse above, though they are the group of living creatures that were compatible with dentistry and digestive system that naturally feed on herbs or plant vegetables. Instead, the Beasts, the Birds, the Creeping Things, that do not have the natural compatibility with eating leaves or herbs due to their teeth or beak or sting, were those mentioned.
This is to show that "It was so" did not mean they matched in compatible with dentistry or digestion system of those listed animals. Rather "It was so" meant it matched what God said or commanded. Whatever God told them was food was what became food to them, irrespective of what their biological designs stipulated. This meant God fed them with what their biological designs did not know or what was strange to the carnivores beasts and birds of prey, to show them that it was so means it matches the Word of God, not it matches designs. As it is written,
[Deuteronomy 8:3] — He made you go hungry, and then He gave you manna to eat, food that was unknown or strange to you and your ancestors before. He did this to teach you that you must not depend on bread alone to sustain you, but on everything that the Lord says.
I tell you, If God says to any living creature that it's own dung is food, though that's strange to its biological designs yet it shall become so because the Word of God say so. Remember, the same Word of God declared Dust to be food to the Serpent, and it was so.
Commentaries:
God still used the personal pronoun, "I" or "I Am" to give food to all the living organisms on the earth. This implied God took the credit of being He who feeds them, even when Mankind dominated them. Your heavenly Father feeds them [Matthew 6:26]. God gave Mankind dominion over them, but God dealt with them directly when He fed them. He did not employ Man as middle man, mediator or agent, to feed the living creatures; though He employed man to give names to them. This is like a pastor and master of the house who, though he has servants in the house, chose to feed his flock himself so that his flock know him and he knows them.
[Psalm 145:15-16 GNT] — All living things look hopefully to you, and you give them food when they need it. You give them enough and satisfy the needs of all.
[Job 38:39-41 NKJV] — “Can you hunt the prey for the lion, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, When they crouch in their dens, Or lurk in their lairs to lie in wait? Who provides food for the raven, When its young ones cry to God, And wander about for lack of food?
He did not give them life without giving them food, though life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing [Matthew 6:25-26].
Bible Teacher:
God gave the beasts/carnivores the same food He gave to the herbivores and birds and fishes in the seas from the sea soils. All living creatures fed on green herbs. The beasts and carnivores shall be restored back to feeding on vegetable foods and fruits, away from bloody or red meat, when the Lord restores the earth [Isaiah 11:6-7, 65:25]. Amen.