According to genesis, what was created first, the sun or the plants? and can you cite the verse?
2007-03-20 15:14:13 · 12 answers · asked by mntnbik8 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
the plants were created before the sun was.
Actually, this is a good argument for Christians who believe in long periods of time between sections of the creation, because plants can't survive without the sun, so by that reasoning, the creation must have been 6 literal 24 hour days.
2007-03-20 15:28:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The plants were created first, which wasn't a problem, because the Sun was created the next day. I'm sure the plants could live without sun for one day.
However, if one believes in the Day/Age theory, where each day represents millions of years, you have a problem.
Genesis 1:12-19
2007-03-20 15:31:59 · answer #2 · answered by FUNdie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The King James Bible:
1:1 - In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
1:2 - And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
1:3 - And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
1:4 - And God saw the light, that it was good:
So I'd say that God created the earth first, then only the sun.
2007-03-20 19:09:04 · answer #3 · answered by renaudldw 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then God said, "Let the earth produce grass, and herbs, and fruit trees, all yielding after their own kind," and it happened; And God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the third day.
So he made the plants. Then...
Then God said, "Let there be lights in the heavens; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days, and years." God made two great lights; the sun to rule by day and the moon to rule by night. He also made the stars.
So he made the plants then the sun but there was already light before the sun.
2007-03-20 15:19:29 · answer #4 · answered by John G 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The plants were created first.
God created the plants on the 3rd day.
Then God said, "let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds." (Gen. 1:11)
He created the sun on the 4th day.
And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to seperate the day from the night.......(Gen 1:14)
2007-03-20 15:34:49 · answer #5 · answered by Spoken4 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gen 1:14 tell us the the lights of the heavens were created. So the sun and planets were created on the same day. (Day4).
2007-03-20 15:19:46 · answer #6 · answered by Bags 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the beginning, God created the heavens, and the earth.
I'd say from that both were created at the same time.
2007-03-20 15:18:06 · answer #7 · answered by Julian 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light was created first, according to Genesis.
...I just wonder who the hell God was talking to.
2007-03-20 15:16:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2007-03-20 15:18:30 · answer #9 · answered by Jesus Freak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth ... later on God said let their be light on earth .. doesnt mean he created the sun at that point ... and in reference to question1 .. Gods words create .. physical things obey His words ..
2007-03-20 15:19:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋