Genesis 1B (2011) And God separated light from darkness. God named the light and dark. Light without an apparent source. Where does it come from?

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1 Genesis 1B (2011) Gen. 1:3 Then Gd said, Let there be light ; and there was light. Gen. 1:4 Gd saw that the light was gd; and Gd separated the light frm the darkness. Gen. 1:5 Gd called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was mrning, ne day. Then, Gd spke light int existence He saw light was gd And Gd separated light frm darkness Gd named the light and dark Light withut an apparent surce These features are present in the universe befre there are any celestial bdies In fact, the Sun and Mn dn t arrive until Day 4 in Creatin Where des it cme frm? Gd Als darkness is created Nt merely the absence f light S Gd sets abut t create the wrld with light and dark frm the beginning We discver an imprtant pattern r cde in the first 6 days f Creatin In the first three days we will see Gd creating spaces In the secnd three days, He will create the bjects t fill thse spaces And by this pattern, we ll cme t understand His purpse in the creatin itself We will cme t that answer when we arrival n Day 6 Let s remember why Gd creates bth light and darkness 2011 Verse By Verse Ministry f San Antni ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

2 Genesis 1B! 2 We discvered that in the new Heavens and Earth, there wn t be darkness Rev 21:25 tells us that the NH&E have n darkness Rev. 21:25 In the daytime (fr there will be n night there) its gates will never be clsed; S if Gd has determined that He desn t need darkness in the eternal rder, why did He include it in the first Earth? Well, cnsider hw Gd has cnsistently linked light & dark with gd & evil Jb 30:26 When I expected gd, then evil came; When I waited fr light, then darkness came. Is. 9:2 The peple wh walk in darkness Will see a great light; Thse wh live in a dark land, The light will shine n them. Is. 9:3 Yu shall multiply the natin, Yu shall increase their gladness; They will be glad in Yur presence As with the gladness f harvest, As men rejice when they divide the spil. Gd created the wrld with a built-in message abut gd and evil We learn by experience hw light and dark are ppsites Hw there is n mixing f the tw Hw ne des away with the ther Hw ne expses sin and reveals glry while the ther prvides pprtunity fr sin and prduces despair They serve as pwerful metaphrs fr gd and evil Because Gd was already anticipating and planning fr the entry f sin int His creatin Further prf is fund in the way Gd remakes the earth in a future time The New Heavens and Earth will lack a night...it nly has day 2011 Verse By Verse Ministry f San Antni ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

3 Genesis 1B! 3 Rev. 21:4 and He will wipe away every tear frm their eyes; and there will n lnger be any death; there will n lnger be any murning, r crying, r pain; the first things have passed away. T cnclude Day 1, in what way was light and darkness separated? The separatin was nt in a physical way, but a tempral Evening, mrning, first day Jewish culture cunt the beginning f each day at evening fr this reasn Frm the first day, Gd has established the passage f time Were it nt fr the alternative light/dark cycles f ur wrld, there wuld be n passage f time We wuld have n way t measure change S far, Gd has create matter, energy, light and time And Gd says ne day has passed This pens an pprtunity t examine anther thery f creatin Day Age Thery The thery suggests each day represents a lng perid f time, i.e., millins f years Christians wh adhere t this view ccasinally qute 2Peter 3:8 2Pet. 3:8 But d nt let this ne fact escape yur ntice, belved, that with the Lrd ne day is like a thusand years, and a thusand years like ne day. Peter wasn t talking abut the creatin prcess nr was he teaching that we can t take Gd s wn statements cncerning time literally If yu believe that Peter meant t teach that Gd s statements abut lengths f time are nt literal, then hw d we Why did anyne ever think t suggest such an interpretatin? Des the text itself leads us t that cnclusin? N...the Hebrew is simply ym, a day The answer is ur lve affair with the teaching f secular science 2011 Verse By Verse Ministry f San Antni ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

4 Genesis 1B! 4 In the 19 century, scientific establishment prpsed that the Earth wasn t yung Rather it was very, very ld...billins f years ld Christians were taught that this idea was certain because scientists prpsed it...and we can trust scientists What abut Gd s wrd?e science and accepted it Christians were taught they must understand their Bible in the light f science Ever since, Christians have been trying t marry their view f the Bible t the secular wrld s teaching cncerning the age f the Earth In ther wrds, if the wrld is billins f years ld, then hw d we understand Gen 1? This led t the Day Age thery Of curse, it shuld be the ther way arund We shuld expect that ur view will ppse the wrld s view Jhn 14:15 If yu lve Me, yu will keep My cmmandments. Jhn 14:16 I will ask the Father, and He will give yu anther Helper, that He may be with yu frever; Jhn 14:17 that is the Spirit f truth, whm the wrld cannt receive, because it des nt see Him r knw Him, but yu knw Him because He abides with yu and will be in yu. What is the Biblical respnse? Day = ym appears 2,267 times Nearly 2,000 times it means a 24 perid Only 9 times is it used t mean age Evening (ereb) and mrning (bqer) are als literal terms that always mean a nrmal 12 hur perid Later in this same chapter we will use the terms years and seasns 2011 Verse By Verse Ministry f San Antni ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

5 Genesis 1B! 5 The authr culd have used thse wrds here if he intended t describe lng perids f time Glden Rule f interpretatin demands we use the literal, rdinary and primary meaning f any wrd when there is n cntextual basis t d therwise What crss references d we have in the Bible? Ex. 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, t keep it hly. Ex. 20:9 Six days yu shall labr and d all yur wrk, Ex. 20:10 but the seventh day is a sabbath f the LORD yur Gd; in it yu shall nt d any wrk, yu r yur sn r yur daughter, yur male r yur female servant r yur cattle r yur sjurner wh stays with yu. Ex. 20:11 Fr in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested n the seventh day; therefre the LORD blessed the sabbath day and made it hly. Ex. 31:16 S the sns f Israel shall bserve the sabbath, t celebrate the sabbath thrughut their generatins as a perpetual cvenant. Ex. 31:17 It is a sign between Me and the sns f Israel frever; fr in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, but n the seventh day He ceased frm labr, and was refreshed. The ratinal fr a Sabbath wuld make n sense whatsever if the days f Creatin weren t literal 24-hur perids Gd says, Fr in six days the Lrd... Therefre, rest ne day If day really means millins f years, hw lng are we suppsed t rest n the seventh day? If 2Peter 3:8 were intended t teach that a day = 1,000 years, there still isn t enugh time t fit the millins f years int the stry f Creatin Therefre, Biblically, there is n basis fr assuming anything ther than a literal 24 hurs perid as defined by the nrmal changing f night and day Gen. 1:6 Then Gd said, Let there be an expanse in the midst f the waters, and let it separate the waters frm the waters. Gen. 1:7 Gd made the expanse, and separated the waters which were belw the expanse frm the waters which were abve the expanse; and it was s. Gen. 1:8 Gd called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was mrning, a secnd day Verse By Verse Ministry f San Antni ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

6 Genesis 1B! 6 Take this apart Waters belw the shamayim Which heavens atmsphere Waters abve the shamayim Which heavens same Atmsphere Why separatin? See verses 1-2 All matter mixed tgether Water separated frm nn-water matter Expanse (raqia) Suggests the frmatin f air pressure r atmsphere Liquid water and water vapr Calls the expanse heaven Heaven shamayim 3 heavens same wrd, different places 1st heaven the ne in view here (birds fly) 2nd Heaven fund in 1:15 3rd heaven is Gd s hme (2Cr 12:2) When we cmpare the events n this day t the way Gd creates the new Heaven and Earth, we see anther interesting distinctin Rev. 21:1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; fr the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is n lnger any sea. Why did Gd chse t create the first wrld with a sea but He remves it in the secnd Earth? Did He change His mind? 2011 Verse By Verse Ministry f San Antni ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

7 Genesis 1B! 7 Cnsider the wrd ften translates as sea in the OT - tehm It is ften a synnym fr ging int death r ging int the hlding place f the dead, Shel Jnah 2:5 Water encmpassed me t the pint f death. The great deep engulfed me, Weeds were wrapped arund my head. Gen. 49:25 Frm the Gd f yur father wh helps yu, And by the Almighty wh blesses yu With blessings f heaven abve, Blessings f the deep that lies beneath, Blessings f the breasts and f the wmb. S the sea becmes a metaphr r picture f the depths f death and the abyss, the hlding place f the dead In fact, the wrd fr abyss and deep in Hebrew is the same wrd But in the New Heavens and Earth, we re tld their is n mre death Which cnfirms that the presence f the sea is it self a feature Gd intended t picture the death and srrw f sin Evening, mrning secnd day (fill in chart) Gen. 1:9 Then Gd said, Let the waters belw the heavens be gathered int ne place, and let the dry land appear ; and it was s. Gen. 1:10 Gd called the dry land earth, and the gathering f the waters He called seas; and Gd saw that it was gd. Gen. 1:11 Then Gd said, Let the earth sprut vegetatin, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees n the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them ; and it was s. Gen. 1:12 The earth brught frth vegetatin, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind; and Gd saw that it was gd. Gen. 1:13 There was evening and there was mrning, a third day. One f the waters is gathered This ne is called seas Hw is it gathered? What des that say abut the land? 2011 Verse By Verse Ministry f San Antni ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

8 Genesis 1B! 8 It was gd again why? Gd brings up vegetatin Vegetatin appears instantly Ntably, the plants appear with seed, trees with fruit What s is the significance f prducing the plants fully frmed with all the seed and fruit present? Appearance f age New idea intrduced here Bearing fruit after their kind Min nt a gd English equivalent Nt species exactly brader Yet still a limit Third day fill in chart Gen. 1:14 Then Gd said, Let there be lights in the expanse f the heavens t separate the day frm the night, and let them be fr signs and fr seasns and fr days and years; Gen. 1:15 and let them be fr lights in the expanse f the heavens t give light n the earth ; and it was s. Gen. 1:16 Gd made the tw great lights, the greater light t gvern the day, and the lesser light t gvern the night; He made the stars als. Gen. 1:17 Gd placed them in the expanse f the heavens t give light n the earth, Gen. 1:18 and t gvern the day and the night, and t separate the light frm the darkness; and Gd saw that it was gd. Gen. 1:19 There was evening and there was mrning, a furth day. Expanse f heavens again Which raqia and which shamayim? Cntext tells us What s curius in this day f creatin? Vegetatin exited prir t the sun Gd desn t name the sun and mn here 2011 Verse By Verse Ministry f San Antni ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

9 Genesis 1B! 9 Why? Deut 4:19 What abut light frm stars being s many miles away? He created the light n a path frm the bject t Earth And we knw He did this because f the purpses He gives fr their creatin Gd says He has Separate day frm night Hw is this different frm separating light frm darkness? Earlier, it was a separatin f light and dark perids in time Nw it s abut marking these tw perids in unique ways In ther wrds, Gd establishes an assciatin between daytime and the sun and nighttime and the mn and stars He des this after the light already existed We als knw that light exists apart frm a sun in the New Heavens and Earth Rev. 21:22 I saw n temple in it, fr the Lrd Gd the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. Rev. 21:23 And the city has n need f the sun r f the mn t shine n it, fr the glry f Gd has illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb. S thugh tday we see ur sun emitting light, that desn't mean this is the nly way we will have light S if we dn t need a sun and mn and starts fr light, why did Gd create them? Gd gives three reasns fr these bjects t fill the day and night Fr signs Oth in Hebrew (wnder, men, witness) First, t bear witness t Gd s existence 2011 Verse By Verse Ministry f San Antni ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

10 Genesis 1B! 10 Psa. 19:1 The heavens are telling f the glry f Gd; And their expanse is declaring the wrk f His hands. Psa. 19:2 Day t day purs frth speech, And night t night reveals knwledge. Psa. 19:3 There is n speech, nr are there wrds; Their vice is nt heard. Psa. 19:4 Their line has gne ut thrugh all the earth, And their utterances t the end f the wrld. In them He has placed a tent fr the sun, Psa. 19:5 Which is as a bridegrm cming ut f his chamber; It rejices as a strng man t run his curse. Psa. 19:6 Its rising is frm ne end f the heavens, And its circuit t the ther end f them; And there is nthing hidden frm its heat. Secnd, t reveal Gd s attributes r His character Rm. 1:20 Fr since the creatin f the wrld His invisible attributes, His eternal pwer and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understd thrugh what has been made, s that they are withut excuse. Third, t His plan fr creatin Jel 2:30 I will display wnders in the sky and n the earth, Bld, fire and clumns f smke. Jel 2:31 The sun will be turned int darkness And the mn int bld Befre the great and awesme day f the LORD cmes. Next, fr seasns The way the earth is psitin relative t the sun and mn creates seasns, tides i.e., circular patterns f life Psa. 104:19 He made the mn fr the seasns; The sun knws the place f its setting. Psa. 104:20 Yu appint darkness and it becmes night, In which all the beasts f the frest prwl abut. Why are seasns imprtant? Yu can live withut them (equatr) Message t the wrld abut the surety f Gd s prmises 2011 Verse By Verse Ministry f San Antni ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.

11 Genesis 1B! 11 What ges rund cmes rund Eccl. 3:1 There is an appinted time fr everything. And there is a time fr every event under heaven Jer. 5:22 D yu nt fear Me? declares the LORD. D yu nt tremble in My presence? Fr I have placed the sand as a bundary fr the sea, An eternal decree, s it cannt crss ver it. Thugh the waves tss, yet they cannt prevail; Thugh they rar, yet they cannt crss ver it. Jer. 5:23 But this peple has a stubbrn and rebellius heart; They have turned aside and departed. Jer. 5:24 They d nt say in their heart, Let us nw fear the LORD ur Gd, Wh gives rain in its seasn, Bth the autumn rain and the spring rain, Wh keeps fr us The appinted weeks f the harvest. Jer. 5:25 Yur iniquities have turned these away, And yur sins have withheld gd frm yu. Finally, fr days and Years Cunting and marking and recrding f time Why is cunting time imprtant? Gd intends t cmmunicate abut the future (prphecy) He wants us t be aware f cming f His prmises The cunting f time is nt a cunt up it s a cunt dwn The earth ges away Furth Day chart 2011 Verse By Verse Ministry f San Antni ( May be cpied and distributed prvided the dcument is reprduced in its entirety, including this cpyright statement, and n fee is cllected fr its distributin.