Peace vs Restlessness

In Genesis light, life, order and peace are established. God created all and said afterward, it is good. He said this about everything, except darkness. In the "In the beginning" account, opposites appear~darkness, death, confusion and pain.  While creation in all its magnificence is attributed to God, destruction and decay are attributed to man through sin. The book of Genesis was written for the Israelites after their escape from Egypt where they had been slaves for four hundred years.  They had been influenced by their captors and God reclaims them, makes promises and a covenant. The contrasts between good vs evil begins and when looked at closely, Gods design had built into it order and peace to be enjoyed by man. Sin brought unrest and restlessness, a condition that persists to this day and that few have escaped. Light and life have been replaced with guilt and fear~fear of darkness is universal and it is then, in the dark of night particularly, that there is foreboding.  Here in lies the beauty of the creation story, choice.  God created with perfect conditions in mind for peaceful existence for man, giving him freedom of will to except the gift, to choose peace.  We know how the rest of this story goes as we live with the consequences of what God calls rebellion and sin.  Fact or fiction, either way, it seems a reasonable explanation for God in the world and man as he is now.  Until next time in the Bible.