2007-02-18 01:30:41 · 20 answers · asked by dorai p 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Is the sun the only source of light? And you claim scientific backing for your question? Also please research your question before asking. It is the fourth day that the sun was appointed to be the major light in the day. It is not said that the sun, as a body, was created on the fourth day, but only that it was then appointed for a special purpose.
2007-02-18 01:59:17 · answer #1 · answered by P P 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My thanks for a most interesting and thought provoking question. One point to note is the word "Yom" means a 24 hour day and in nearly all cases in the Bible is translated as a 24 hour day, so the use of "day" in this case and not "period" or "season" or "millions of years" is correct. To be honest, I think it would take a long time to come up with a more complete answer, but here is my guess: While the sun was not radiating heat and light (probably there but not glowing) until the fourth day, there could easily have been a light source of some sort present from the creation events (i.e. the remnant of this now being the background radiation) because when you look at verses 4 and 5 you will notice that God separates the light from the darkness and calls the light "day" and the darkness "night". So, and again, this is speculation, but what is now called background radiation was then probably so luminous during the first three days of creation so as to light and heat the earth (and produce the most amazing light display ever). So to have the sun radiating as well during that time could have been damaging to the newly created earth or the life on it. So while the sun wasn't glowing until the fourth day, there isn't any reason to believe the earth wasn't actually rotating and being illuminated. My thanks for a most interesting question and I do hope, as you seek, you will find the answer to your question.
2016-05-24 01:53:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well ... there's also the question of what the word "day" (as a duration) means before there is a sun. ("And there was evening, and there was morning" ... what do these words "evening" and "morning" mean in the absence of any sun?)
And for people answering that God IS light, aren't you forgetting the passage that first "darkness was over the face of the deep", and that God had to say "Let there be light." ? God cannot BE light if he had to bring light into being with an act of creation.
But if you're looking for scientific accuracy in Genesis you won't get very far. But it's not supposed to be scientifically accurate. Genesis is a description of creation by miracles. God is working well, well outside the laws of nature that we know of.
But yes, the idea of light that has no light source is scientifically untenable.
2007-02-18 02:02:59 · answer #3 · answered by secretsauce 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Is the sun light or a source of light? Is it not possible ot have light other places than earth? Is God subject to science or the creator of everything? Was Adam scientifically created? If God is subject to science is science greater than God? Did Jesus scientifically walk on water and raise the dead? Could the sun give off light if there were no light?
2007-02-18 01:42:17 · answer #4 · answered by djmantx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That Light that God talks about on the first day is his Light, the Light of Christ. This Light has always existed---it was never created. The KJV does not say that God created the Light, but says that God said LET there be Light, or in other words, let the Light go forth. In order for the creation process to begin there had to be a foundation upon which to build Creation. That foundation is Jesus Christ. The Bible clearly teaches that Jesus is the Light, the Word and that the Word went forth to create the universe and all that is in it. Thank you for this question.
2007-02-18 01:38:34 · answer #5 · answered by Preacher 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The author of Genesis most definitely intended to convey the meaning of 24 hour days.
God made the sun, stars and moon on the fourth day, not the third.
The first 3 days did not need the sun, they needed the earth to rotate and for there to be a light source.
Hard to tell your precise question, but I suspect it is answered fully here.
http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3661
2007-02-18 09:21:42 · answer #6 · answered by a Real Truthseeker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is the light of the world; and Jesus was the Lord (Jehovah) from Genesis-Malachi.
Remember also, when Moses came down from Mt. Sinai he had to wear a veil because of the light of his face. Second, recall there was not a man-made light source in the Holy of Holies; the light came from the Lord (Jesus Christ)?
May you receive today there a large pleasant surprise to God's glory!!!
2007-02-18 02:16:31 · answer #7 · answered by jefferyspringer57@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is the light,he was not created ,He already lived with God, He was called .The new Jerusalem will have no need for sun as Jesus will be the light.
2007-02-18 01:38:50 · answer #8 · answered by gwhiz1052 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GOD is light. HE created the sun to continuously give us light and heat as well as other benefits.
2007-02-18 01:37:20 · answer #9 · answered by Exodus 20:1-17 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God is light so why would He need it to create things? He made the light for us.
2007-02-18 01:43:11 · answer #10 · answered by ramall1to 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋