Creation Unfolded

  I don't know if you've noticed this, but the creation story recorded in Genesis can be a bit confusing to some especially if one hasn't studied the Word. A light was created on Day 1, 'Then God said, "Let there be light" and there was light' Genesis 1:3 NKJV. On Day 5 again we see where He commanded that there be lights again - 'Then God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years'- Genesis 1:14 NKJV.

Two different types of light were created or commanded into being. One is singular - "Let there be light and the other is plural "Let there be lights." Notice the 's' on the second light. The plural (more than one) lights being referred to there were the sun and the moon. Remember in Geography or Science class where we were taught that the sun and moon govern the seasons (Spring, Summer, Autumn and Fall) and the years etc. Well we now know that the sun and moon were created on the fifth day.

So who or what is this light that was created on the first day?



We know that a light was created on the first day but we know for a fact that it cannot be the sun or moon because they were created on the fifth day (can't be commanded into existence twice!).

It was not until recently that a dear friend of mine brought it to my attention. I had not given much thought to it prior. Growing up, and going to Sunday school we were told the creation story over and over and we would just soak it in like sponge; without much analysis.


The Light is Jesus

The light created on the first day was Jesus. John 8:12 proves this us. Jesus, after he had forgiven the adulteress of her sins, said to them "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life." Isaiah prophesied that the Lord will be the light of His people. When, in the home He has gone to prepare, where there will no longer be need for neither sun nor moon "...the Lord will be to you an everlasting light" Isaiah 60:19 NKJV.

John, The Revealer in Revelation also more or less affirmed what Isaiah said, that God is indeed the light of the world. In the New Jerusalem (believer's eternal home), the great city had no need for the sun or the moon to shine in it for "the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light" Revelation 21:23 NKJV.

"There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light"- Revelation 22:5 NKJV.


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