What Was the Light Created on Day One? If Its Not The Sun.

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What Was the Light Created on Day One? If Its Not The Sun.

We can learn manyl things about the light that was created by God on Day One (Genesis 1:3–5). First, it was a created light, that is, the light did not exist one moment, but it existed the next moment. That light was not eternal, like God, even though “God is light” (1 John 1:5), “the light dwells with him” (Daniel 2:22), and he “dwells in unapproachable light” (1 Timothy 6:16). This light of Day One seems to be separate from God himself.

Second, in order for there to be distinct daytime and nighttime, this light must have been localized and therefore directional (not a diffused or ambient light), and it must have been stationary relative to the earth.1 For “morning and evening” to have occurred successively, the earth must also have been rotating on its axis from Day One, allowing part of the earth to be exposed to the light while the opposite side was in the darkness.

Third, the light possibly also provided adequate heat to warm the earth, allowing water to exist in liquid form. God separated the “waters. . . from the waters” (Genesis 1:7), and he grouped(gathered) the dwelling surface waters into seas (verses 9–10). Heat from this light or another source would also be necessary for the plants, trees, and other vegetation prior to the creation of the sun on Day Four.

How Long Were the Six Days of Creation?

In Genesis 1–2, the word day is used in several senses:

·        “The first day” (and so on) in connection with “evening” and “morning” refers to the complete rotation of the earth, that is, a calendar day (Genesis 1:5).

·        “Day” in contrast to “night” means the lighted portion of a day (1:5, 14, 16, 18).

·        The phrase “in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens” (2:4), where the whole of Creation Week is indicated in this summary statement.3

These notes (texts) indicate that the days of Creation (Week) weren’t just ordinary days. These are ages of indeterminate time, which are not regular 24-hour days. This applies from the first day of the creation, when God created the first light. So the plants he created on Day Three did not have to wait for an indeterminate period of time for the sun to appear, especially since they already had the first light shining upon them.

Why Did God Wait Until Fourth Day to Make the Sun?

In the Genesis account, God recorded that he created the heavens and the earth, but he didn’t tell us why he followed this order.4 We may conjecture two possible reasons why the sun was not created First Day. First, God may have wanted to underscore the supernatural origin of life, clearly showing that life did not come from the sun but from him. To be sure, in God’s design the sun is critical for the continuation of life on earth, but life on earth did not come from the sun. John Calvin, commenting on the text of Genesis 1, says, “The Lord, by the very order of creation, bears witness that he holds in his hand the light, which he is able to impart to us without the sun and moon.”5 This, of course, is contrary to the evolutionary idea that the preexistence sun (and other stars) contributed to the rise of all life forms on earth.

Second, God may have wanted to demolish humanity’s uproar to worship the sun as the originator of life, by which they would have regarded the sun as a deity. God specifically forbade his people from worshiping “the sun or the moon or any of the host of heaven” (Deuteronomy 17:3; cf. 4:19; Psalm 121:5–6). Sadly, at the time God cast his people out of the land by means of the Babylonians, even in God’s own temple in Jerusalem the people were worshipping the sun (Ezekiel 8:16; cf. Jeremiah 8:2). In a similar case, the people also worshiped the bronze serpent that Moses crafted as a tool of God’s healing of the people (2 Kings 18:4; cf. Numbers 21:9). Unredeemed humanity have throughout history “exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen” (Romans 1:25).

What Do Plants Need to Survive?

Now we will come back  to the question of plants being created before the sun. Plants definitely (certainly) need light to survive, but there are many other necessary elements that God provided in his creation.

Light

God made plants to observe their energy from the  visible light with the process of photosynthesis. Chlorophyll in plant cells mainly absorb blue and red wavelengths, and largely reflect green wavelengths. Using light chlorophyll transforms carbon dioxide and water into sugars (made of hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen atoms). We have already seen that God  already created  light other then the sun, so the plants created on Day Three would have had the light they needed.

Moderate Temperature

Most plants require a moderate surface and air temperature. Given a relatively constant distance from the sun, this temperature is primarily affected by the earth’s rotation and tilt. Because of the earth’s timely rotation, the heat generated during the day regulates and is regulated by the coolness of the night, thus providing a moderate temperature. Also, the tilt of the earth’s axis of rotation produces the tempering effects of seasons, allowing growing seasons and dormant seasons.

Atmosphere

God created the atmosphere on Day Two, thus protecting and providing for the plant life he subsequently created. The atmosphere protects plants from ultraviolet light and other cosmic rays which damage living cells. The air also provides some of the elements needed for plant life, including nitrogen and carbon dioxide.

Water

Plants need water to survive (Genesis 2:5–6). Plants use water as a component of photosynthesis and as a medium to transport nutrients throughout the different parts of the plant. They also use water to cool the plant from the sun’s heat, and water fills the structure of plants to give them shape and support. In that first week of the world, the water vapor in the air as well as surface water contributed to form a suitable habitat for these organisms.

Land

God had separated land and water on second day, making it suitable for both aquatic(water) palnts and land plants. The ground provides a stable location for a plant’s root system, and plants return the favor by helping soil against erosive factors like water and wind. The land also holds many nutrients that a plant needs, such as water and nitrogen, which are collected by the plant’s roots.

Pollinators

Plants can reproduce in a variety of ways, but most plants utilize the process of pollination to create seeds. Common pollinators like insects and birds were created on Day Five, in close connection with the plants that needed them. The evolutionary scenario maintains that nonflowering plants (gymnosperms like conifers) evolved first, about the same time that insects gained the ability to fly. Then millions of years later pollen-producing flowering plants (angiosperms) developed. This is another example of how the order of events according to Genesis runs contrary to the order presented by evolutionary ideas.

Conclusion

The creation account in Genesis gives us our only eyewitness testimony of the first events of the universe. A plain reading of this text shows us how God wisely crafted his work to favor life on earth, and we can see how the unfolding of his design works contrary to man made evolutionary and other (old-earth) ideas. He sufficiently provided for plant life and subsequent life, and he continues to sustain all life by his power.

For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen. (Romans 11:36)

The same Creator (God) who also has made a way for rebellious, sinful people to have endless life with him. Though each person has earned the penalty of death for his sins, God sent his son Jesus Christ to die in the place of sinners. Those who believe that Christ is the only hope of life receive forgiveness and eternal life. As the Scripture says,

*For God, who said,

“Let light shine out of darkness,”

has shown in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

 (2 Corinthians 4:6