Genesis, on the first day God created light?

Question

Yet he never created the sun until the fourth day.
Did he create the Earth by candle light or is it just an oversight by ancient tent dwelling goat herders

Answer 1

Actually he was using a Coleman(tm) propane lantern...But how would pre-historic goat-herding Hebrews know about quality mass production camping equipment?

I forgive their ignorance...

Answer 2

Sometimes unfamiliarity with Hebrew terms and their meanings causes not a little confusion. For instance, at Genesis 1:1, the account states simply: In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The verb here rendered "create" is bara, meaning: to create (surprise), to bring in something new. The heavens include all celestial bodies, and that includes the sun and moon. From here on out, however, the Genesis account describes the preparation of earth for habitation.

In Genesis 1:16, however, when speaking of the sun, the Hebrew word is not bara, but rather asah which means, to ordain, prepare, thus at this juncture, God is not creating luminaries but rather is preparing them for their purpose in relation to the earth. It should also be noted that the first mention of light uses the Hebrew word ohr meaning light in a general sense. In the second instance, the Hebrew word is maohr, referring to a source of light.

Oftentimes what appear to be contradictions or error on the surface can readily be understood if given more than a cursory reading. Sometimes a little research and investigation penetrates the swaddling bands of confusion, just like on the first day when God caused diffused light to penetrate the swaddling bands around earth.

Answer 3

God saw the light that it was good.


God created on the first day, light, which being moved from east to west, by its rising and setting, made morning and evening. But on the fourth day he ordered and distributed this light, and made the sun, moon, and stars. The moon, though much less than the stars, is here called a great light, from its giving a far greater light to the earth than any of them.


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Answer 4

The stars, moon and sun were created to divide night and day. God created the stars, moon and sun on the 4th day. One day after He created the plants. This blows a hole in the Gap theory. How can the plants survive for millions of years without light, or the insects that pollinate the plants.

Answer 5

It's quite possible that the sun was created on the first day, but not visible from Earth until the fourth day. If you follow the link and scroll down to Answer 16, you can find a general timeline correlating the days of Creation to current theory.

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Answer 6

The six basic questions often asked about the Creation are when, how, where, what, why, and who. The first three of these—when, how, and where—are left obscure by the Lord in all the accounts we have of the Creation. He gave us only this point of reference concerning when the Creation took place: “in the beginning” (Gen. 1:1). We look with genuine interest at the work of persons who attempt to determine the age of the earth, but the answer may escape us all until the Savior reveals all things concerning this earth after the Second Coming (Yea, verily I say unto you, in that day when the Lord shall come, he shall reveal all things— Things which have passed, and hidden things which no man knew, things of the earth, by which it was made, and the purpose and the end thereof— Things most precious, things that are above, and things that are beneath, things that are in the earth, and upon the earth, and in heaven. ).

In describing how the Creation was accomplished, he told us that he spoke and it was done. As to where the Creation took place, we only have statements that it was in the presence of God.

The overall answer to the last three questions—who, what, why—is that our Father in Heaven created all things for his own eternal purposes (And now, my sons, I speak unto you these things for your profit and learning; for there is a God, and he hath created all things, both the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them are, both things to act and things to be acted upon. And to bring about his eternal purposes in the end of man, after he had created our first parents, and the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, and in fine, all things which are created, it must needs be that there was an opposition; even the forbidden fruit in opposition to the tree of life; the one being sweet and the other bitter. ).

We know that God did not act alone. Speaking to Moses, he said: “And worlds without number have I created; and I also created them for mine own purpose; and by the Son I created them, which is mine Only Begotten”

Further, we are informed that God did not create the earth out of nothing, as is supposed by many. “There is no such thing as immaterial matter. All spirit is matter, but it is more fine or pure, and can only be discerned by purer eyes;”

The materials out of which this earth was formed, are eternal. … This being, when he formed the earth, did not form it out of something that had no existence, but he formed it out of materials that had an existence from all eternity: they never had a beginning, neither will one particle of substance now in existence ever have an end. There are just as many particles now as there were at any previous period of duration, and will be while eternity lasts. Substance had no beginning; … the earth was formed out of eternal materials, and it was made to be inhabited and God peopled it with creatures of his own formation. This truth has also been discovered by scientists today who say that matter cannot be created or destroyed—only its form may be changed.

From the existing scriptural accounts we have, it is true that we cannot glean definitive answers to every question about the Creation. As a result, it is evident that the Lord did not intend the opening chapters of Genesis or other scriptures about the Creation to be textbook sections on geology, archeology, or science. Rather, they outline the basic facts of the Creation, life in the Garden of Eden, and the Fall as these facts fit into the plan of life and salvation.

Answer 7

He used supernatural power to create light on Monday before he created the sun on Thursday.

Answer 8

On the first day He created light (the light of creation). On the forth day He created lesser light and seperated it into the sun, stars, and moons.

Answer 9

Glow sticks were distributed to the huddled masses waiting in darkness...

Oh yeah, She hadn't created huddled masses yet.

Answer 10

The Big Bang consisted of nothing but light for the first fractions of a second.

"Let there be light is a description of the Big Bang.