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Jan 4, 2022 · The question of how there could be light on the first day of Creation when the sun was not created until the fourth day is a common one. Genesis 1:3-5 declares, "And God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.
- How Can The Light of Stars Billions of Light Years Away From The Earth Have Reached Us If The Earth is Only Thousands of Years Old
A light-year is the maximum distance that light can travel...
- Genesis 2
When God said, “Let there be light,” the light appeared. He...
- What Happened on Each of The Days of Creation
God then speaks light into existence. He then separates the...
- How Can The Light of Stars Billions of Light Years Away From The Earth Have Reached Us If The Earth is Only Thousands of Years Old
May 12, 2016 · Darkness (v.2) - Light had not been created, God creates light (v.3), God sees (of course He already knew) the light is good, God separates the light from darkness (He creates distinction), God names light and darkness (v.5) which defines a day, and then Moses recaps with “one day” which was defined by God.
- A Manifestation of Christ’s Glory?
- Was The Original Source A Pillar of Fire That Later Became The Sun?
- Was The Source An Essence of The Sun, But Without Its Substance?
- Did Angels, Who Are Often Described as Luminaries, Provide The Light?
- Was It God’s Shekinah Glory?
- Admitting Our Limited Understanding and Letting God’s Word Have The Final Say
- Conclusion
Tertullian (155–220 AD) of Carthage was an early Christian apologist and theologian. He believed that the light was a physical manifestation of Christ’s glory early in creationweek, four millennia before the Incarnation. However, John 1:9 is using light in a metaphorical sense of revealed truth—the Truth of God. It is also used in the sense of illu...
Ephrem the Syrian (306–373 AD) was an apologist, a hymnographer, and a theologian in Edessa, Syria. Ephrem speculated that the first light was like a huge bright mist or a pillar of fire and that after day 3 ended, Godrepurposed that light (and its heat) into the sun, moon, and stars. However, a logical problem presents itself here. The sun is like...
Basil of Caesarea (329–379 AD) was the Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia and an ardent apologist and theologian. Basil used a unique argument for what the light of the first three days was. He concluded that God created the essence of the sun the first three days, without creating its substance until day 4 of creation week. Using the analogy of fire...
Augustine (354–430 AD) of Hippo was the bishop of Hippo, a prolific author, and a theologian. Augustine believed that the light on days 1–3 was specifically created (not a manifested essence of God), not something which was later repurposed. He believed that Godcreated angels on day 1 and that they were the light which shone on the earth for three ...
The Midrash Bereishit Rabbah (completed c. 500 AD) is a commentary and exposition on Genesis by a group of Babylonian rabbis. There are several mentions of the light in Genesis 1:3–5, with several being merely expositions on how light symbolizes good (or God) while darkness symbolizes evil. Although there are plenty of Bible passages that discuss t...
One overlooked aspect of this initial light is what it did on day 1. When God first created light, it lit up everything. We instantly want to categorize the light as originating from a single source, but are we limiting our understanding when we do this? Perhaps we are. The next thing God did was to separatethe light from the darkness, thus darknes...
So the light in Genesis1:3–5 is light as the Scripture says—everyone agrees on that, but what was the source? As shown above, there are many different thoughts on this subject. But ultimately, we are simply not told. Throughout history people have speculated and continue to do so, but always test these proposals against the Scriptures. Not having a...
Jul 1, 2014 · The first thing to note is that whatever the light was, God divided it from darkness and then defined “Day” and “Night” based on the distinction (vss. 4-5). Moses highlights that “the evening and the morning” were in effect at the end of that first day, even though the Sun had not yet been created.
One of the difficulties found in the first chapter of Genesis is the mention of light-apparently before the creation of the sun. On the first day we are told that God created light. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day (Genesis 1:5).
But from the surface of the ocean, the light can’t be seen. Perhaps there is a thick cloud of volcanic ash surrounding the earth. Then, God begins to renew the earth. Genesis 1:3-5: And God said, “Let light be.” And light was. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated between the light and the darkness.
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And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. Genesis 1:3-5 (NASB) In these verses we are told that God commanded and light appeared. This was God’s first creative act. That is, the ...
