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- 16 And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. 17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness.
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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...
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When God said, “Let there be light,” at the creation, and...
- 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 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...
Brenton Septuagint Translation. And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and let it be a division between water and water, and it was so. Contemporary English Version. God said, "I command a dome to separate the water above it from the water below it."
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God ...
In the prior verses, God completed the first day of creation, making light, day, and night. Here, God turns to the waters. Verse 2 indicated that the earth was formless, void, and covered by deep waters.
Jun 22, 2023 · When God said, “Let there be light,” at the creation, and light appeared, it showed God’s creative power and absolute control. The physical light that God made on the first day of creation is a wonderful picture of what He does in every heart that trusts in Christ, the True Light.
Genesis 1:5-6. New International Version. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.”. And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. 6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.”. Read full chapter.
