I am a young earther. That means that I believe that The LORD created the heavens and the earth and all that they contain in six literal 24 hour periods. Those who hold that the evolutionary model is correct (billions and billions of years without a creator) often say that the six literal days is impossible because the sun (the basis for a 24 hour day) is not created until day four(Genesis 1:14-19). A good point to be sure, but what of the light that is spoken of in 1:3?
The famous line "Let there be light" is often equated with the sun. But if the sun is created 3 days later than the light, what could this first act of creation be? I believe the hint to what is happening is found at the polar opposite end of the Bible.
In Revelation 21:23 Scripture states: "And the city [New Jerusalem i.e., heaven] has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the lamb," and again in 22:5 it states; "And there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of a light of a lamp nor the light of the sun; because the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign forever and ever."
So what does this teach us about God's first act of creation in Genesis? I beleieve that the point is this. God's first act of created was to display Himself. That's right. Before a sun or earth or ocean could reflect the beauty of a sovereign and holy God, God had to reflect Himself as the Creator of the creation: the Magnificent One, The One Above All Comparison; Jesus Christ Himself!
The connection is this: If the One who chose to display Himself as first and foremost above all creation chose to tell us that the rest of creation was measured by the word "day" and that since then what we know of day os a literal 24 hour period, then we must conclude that our thinking and reasoning must take a back seat to the One who chose to admire Himself above what He would soon create.
The famous line "Let there be light" is often equated with the sun. But if the sun is created 3 days later than the light, what could this first act of creation be? I believe the hint to what is happening is found at the polar opposite end of the Bible.
In Revelation 21:23 Scripture states: "And the city [New Jerusalem i.e., heaven] has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the lamb," and again in 22:5 it states; "And there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of a light of a lamp nor the light of the sun; because the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign forever and ever."
So what does this teach us about God's first act of creation in Genesis? I beleieve that the point is this. God's first act of created was to display Himself. That's right. Before a sun or earth or ocean could reflect the beauty of a sovereign and holy God, God had to reflect Himself as the Creator of the creation: the Magnificent One, The One Above All Comparison; Jesus Christ Himself!
The connection is this: If the One who chose to display Himself as first and foremost above all creation chose to tell us that the rest of creation was measured by the word "day" and that since then what we know of day os a literal 24 hour period, then we must conclude that our thinking and reasoning must take a back seat to the One who chose to admire Himself above what He would soon create.
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