Christian help with Genesis?

Question

God created light, then plants, then the stars and Sun?
Is there an explanation?

Answer 1

Because the plants would have died if the light wasn't created first.

Answer 2

One must realize that the Book of Genesis is not a science text book nor was it meant to be. It was meant to be a book about faith for people who have faith. The writer has one purpose in that early Creation Narrative: to teach that God made all things and all things are good. In the process of teaching that the author elects to use a certain form, namely the week that he knows and the logic that he knows. He knows, for example, that one cannot work without light, so God creates light at the very beginning so He can see what He's doing. The author knows that there is daylight on cloudy days when the sun is not seen, as well as in the early morning before the sun rises and in the evening after it has set. So, the author might easily not conclude that the sun is the cause of all light.

Plants that provide food might seem more important than that pleasant orb in the sky; perhaps that is why the author mentions plants at this point. Also, since some plants grow in the shade, the author might not have known that sunlight is important for some plants.

I think by putting the story back into its own time and place and understanding the world-view of the author, it's fairly easy to see why the story has taken the form it has.

Answer 3

A young-earth creationist would tell you that this isn't a problem since plants only exist very briefly without the sun. A Christian who is well-read on astronomy, however, will tell you that we now have direct evidence regarding the formation of solar systems and thus this passage should not be taken literally. Any intelligent person (Christian or otherwise) will also point out that the young-earth creationists posit the existence of a thick water canopy around the Earth up until the time of the flood that would have blocked light at so many wavelengths as to make photosynthesis impossible. Thus one should look to the Bible only for the affirmation that God created, but look at the creation itself for information on the processes.

Hope this helps!

Answer 4

Dear Bebe,

Remember, that God is God. God created everything in the universe. He is not under the same constraints that man is. God does not require matter (wood, metal, biochemicals) to create what He wants. God first created the light. On the fourth day He tied the light to the sun and other stars.

When God created man, He did not need to create a baby boy and have the child grow up. No. God created Adam fully grown and fully mature. He took a rib out of Adam and created Eve-the first woman. Eve was fully frown and fully mature.

Mnay evolutionists utilize the "if thus, then .." ideology. God made everything fully mature and functional. This is also the reason that Jesus was able to walk on water--He is God and able to control even physical laws.

Answer 5

First chapter verse 1 plain and simple.
In the beginning god created the heavens
and the earth.

Which one did he create first?
The heavens notice heavens come first, the sun then the earth.
Light is a reaction from a mixture of created
elements.
Certain gasses that are heated or charged
create a phospherous illumination of what is
known as light.
The sun is a mixture of elements which produce illumination just as any star.
Theres nothing on the earth that creates light without the sun.
The earth without the sun wouldnt sustain
magma flow within the earth, which creates
the electrolysis, producing gravitational forces holding the ocean on it.
The sun had to be first, to put a creation on it.

Answer 6

An explanation for what? That God created the universe, the order in which it was created, or how it was created?

The only explanation is.... "and God said...and it was so..."

In a college experiment, it has been scientifically proven that sound can create light? The more we learn about science, the more we learn about God. Neat huh?

Answer 7

God created light. This light helped the plants grow.
Also, the thing about "days" is, we don't know how long these "days" refer to. I like to think of them as "phases."

Answer 8

Genesis 1
11 Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds." And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

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.

-The sun helps vegetation grow right?

Let me give you another verse as to why God created everything:
Colossians 1:16
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things were created through him and for him.

Answer 9

Well, I can plant plants at night. What's the big deal? And there are also shade plants, that don't need the sun to grow.

Answer 10

What explanation do you want? Remember when Moses looked at God and God had to turn His back to Moses because if Moses looked directly at God he would be blinded. Well, who needs a Sun and stars when you are the greatest. He put them there for our sake, not His.