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DAY # 1 LIGHT




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WHEN DID GOD CREATE THE LIGHT?

"In the beginning..."
The first verse of Genesis (1:1) mentions the creation of the heavenly bodies saing : "In the beginning god created the heavens and the earth ..." This no doubt would have included our sun and the stars.

DAY 1
On the first creative "day" the bible explains that initially " the earth proved to be formless and waste and there was darkness upon the surface of [the] watery deep ..." (note, it did not say the universe had no light, only that what light may have existed did not reach "the surface" of the planet at the time. Evidently, the light from the sun was not visible from the earth. Scientists theorize that the primitive earth long remained covered in darkness, due to outgassing from volcanic eruptions.

Eventually God proceeded to say: “Let light come to be.” This "light" came in a gradual process, extending over a long period of time, not instantaneously as when you turn on an electric light bulb. The Hebrew word there used for “light” (on day 1) is ’ohr, meaning light in a general sense; the SOURCES of that light could not have been seen by an earthly observer because of the cloud layers still enveloping the earth.

Translator J. W. Watts reflects this when it says: “And gradually light came into existence.” (A Distinctive Translation of Genesis). The light that reached earth was “light diffused,” as indicated by a comment about verse 3 in Rotherham’s Emphasised Bible.

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#Did God make the stars AFTER the light?

No the stars would have been part of the "heavens" God created "in the beginning" when the bible says in Genesis 1 verse 1 "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth"

What does the bible mean when after this event it says in Genesis 1 verse 4 "After that God saw that the light was good, and God brought about a division between the light and the darkness."?

Science theorize that the primitive earth long remained covered in darkness, due to outgassing from volcanic eruptions. This is in line with what the bible says when it says that the earth was initially "darkness". It should be noted that in verse two, for example it plainly says that 'darkness' was over the earth, not the universe or "heavens", so even though the sun (and stars) existed their light was not VISIBLE from the surface of the earth.

As the atomosphere cleared the light gradually became visible. This is reflected in the language since the Hebrew word there used for “light” (on day 1) is ’ohr, meaning light in a general sense - a *diffused light* where the souce of light is not distinguishable (like light on a overcast day when you can't see the sun)

By “day,” 4 the Hebrew word changes to ma·’ohr′, which refers to THE SOURCE of the light being visible. Rotherham, in a footnote on “Luminaries” in the Emphasised Bible, says that the Hebrew word ma·’ohr′ used in verse 14 means something “affording light.” So by the fourth day had there been an earthly observer, he would have been able to discern the sun, moon and stars, which would “serve as signs and for seasons and for days and years.” (Genesis 1:14). Humans have used the sun, moon and stars to measure the passing of time ever since.

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"God called the light Day, but the darkness he called Night" - Genesis 1:5

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