How long ago did someone notice that Genesis says that sunlight was created before the sun?

Question

I'm trying to make a connection between that date, and the date of the first argument that the light referred to in Genesis was something other than sunlight. I don't think it's a very old argument, because it wasn't until four or five centuries ago that people knew there was a difference between sunlight, and spiritual light, God's light, etc....

Answer 1

Consider these phrases; 'let's shed some light on this subject' or 'in light of this new information'. It is the same 'light' you are asking about. That light is the conscious mind, so to speak. So what really happened on the first day of creation?

Answer 2

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There are 3 heaven and earth ages, same heaven and earth but different ages.
(II Pet.3:5-7) For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: (6) Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: (7) But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
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THE WORLD THAT THEN WAS
(Gen.1:1) In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
To that earth age the world that then was, belongs all fossils and remains. Scientific estimates or guesses; universe or heavens 20 billion years old, earth 4.6 billion years old, moon 200 to 300 million years younger than earth, dinosaur extinction 65 million years ago, Ice Age 2.5 million years ago.
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BEING OVERFLOWED WITH WATER PERISHED
(Gen.1:2) And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
The first word “was” (hayah) in Hebrew, was not distinguished by the Revisers, that is the verb “to be” from “to become”. The same Hebrew word “hayah” is translated “became” in Gen.2:7.
WITHOUT FORM H8414 tohu (to'-hoo) From an unused root meaning to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), that is, desert; figuratively a worthless thing; adverbially in vain: - confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.
VOID H922 bohu (bo'-hoo) From an unused root (meaning to be empty); a vacuity, that is, (superficially) an undistinguishable ruin: - emptiness, void.
(GEN.1:2) AND THE EARTH BECAME DESOLATE AND EMPTY
Earth was not created that way but became desolate and empty due to Satan’s rebellion. A global overflowing of water, but not Noah’s deluge. Darkness was upon the (face) of the deep, in other words the whole earth.
Into this we can read; dinosaur extinction, destruction of Atlantis, breakup of Gondwana Land, and the Ice Age.
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BUT THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH WHICH ARE NOW
(Gen.1:2) And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
(Gen.1:3) And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
About 63 A.D. Peter writes, the heavens and the earth which are now. The heaven and earth age we are in now, today.
BY THE SAME WORD ARE KEPT IN STORE
RESERVED UNTO FIRE
AGAINST THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
AND PERDITION OF UNGODLY MEN
PERDITION G684 apoleia (ap-o'-li-a) From a presumed derivative of G622; ruin or loss (physical, spiritual or eternal): - damnable (-nation), destruction, die, perdition, X perish, pernicious ways, waste.
Some will perish eternally and not see the third heaven and earth age.
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Answer 3

Gen 1 : 5
and God called the light day and the darkness night and the evening and the morning was the first day

Gen 1 : 18
and to rule over the day and night and to divide that light from the darkness
and God saw that is was good
and the evening and the morning were the fourth day

i am still confused

Answer 4

Even an athiest would have to believe light existed before the Sun was created.

"Spirutal light" as you put it is a metaphor for God's love, not a a literal source of light.

You might find this site helpful

http://www.bringyou.to/apologetics/bible.htm

Answer 5

Dear Friend,

There is not anything that is too dificult for God Almighty! The fact is that man does not want to fathom the idea that there is a being so wise, so powerful, so awesome that our minds cannot understand Him is unthinkable. That is why man attempts to rationalize that "God" cannot exist. Man realizes that if he admits to the existence of God, then he is accountable to that God. But this is not comfortable to man so he goes into denial.

Answer 6

Ya know how many times you can explain this is that, the bible and the understanding of God is beyond us. If we translate the bible literally into we us humans have come to believe you can definitely mix a religion!

Answer 7

I've never noticew that!!! Hmmm... IDK!!! However, I believe many things in the Bible are metaphorical like this one.