2007-02-05 04:46:41 · 14 answers · asked by bc_munkee 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If you look at verse 14- this speaks of making the sun and moon to give light to the earth- and above in the first verses, God made the light- that is day and night--but that is in general. This He made first because He saw it fitting to make it first. However He made the sun and moon to separate the light from the dark as He says:
14 And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so. 16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
2007-02-05 04:53:52 · answer #1 · answered by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
He didn't. He made the Sun first and later on set up the Moon in a position to reflect the Sun at night. The Sun had to already be in place according to Genesis 1:3 in order for the vegetation to grow in Genesis 1:11.
2007-02-05 13:23:11 · answer #2 · answered by Tori M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun is not the only source of the light in the universe. Further, the sun may have existed from the first day, but only appeared or became visible ( as the mist cleared ) on the fourth day.We see the light on a cloudy day,even when we cannot see the sun.
2007-02-05 13:06:45 · answer #3 · answered by SeeTheLight 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Genesis 1-2 don't record a literal chronology. They follow a Hebrew poetic device called parallelism used for teaching important events. This is an influential OT scholar named Meredith Kline writing on this question. His work has been called the Framework Theory:
http://www.asa3.org/ASA/resources/WTJ/WTJ58Kline.html
2007-02-05 12:55:30 · answer #4 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bible doesn't say how or why so I honestly can't answer other than opinion. Don't need the sun to have light just need a source of light, what that may be I have no idea, probably His own radiance.
2007-02-05 12:52:56 · answer #5 · answered by HAND 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The sun is merely a vehicle for God's light, as is every single star in the heavens.
2007-02-05 12:55:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The answer I get is God did it, God can do it cause he's God.
It is a great way to reaffirm my atheism. Real and reasonable answers would be much more helpful if you want me to believe in him.
2007-02-05 12:56:04 · answer #7 · answered by Dawn G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are thinking like those atheist "astronomers" who speak of the sun as if it is a thing. God created light and then separated out darkness to create day and night.
The sun is merely one of a number of lights that god put into the firmament. It is no more real than the sun in a painting.
Stop believing all these nonsensical "theories" that "science" tries to "teach" you. "Logic" is the devil's invention.
2007-02-05 12:52:41 · answer #8 · answered by Dave P 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
God is light and He can light the world.
2007-02-05 12:56:58 · answer #9 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there was still light coming from other galaxies, other stars (suns) in the heavens.
2007-02-05 12:58:04 · answer #10 · answered by the shiz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋