Genesis 1:14 kjv
14. And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15. And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
Verse 14 seems to indicate time, as we know it, did not exist till day four.
Before day 4 nothing defined the length of a day. A day was a dark and a light period.
Ultimately Jesus is the spiritual light.
Revelation 10:6 kjv
6. And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
Other translations use delay. God is in eternity before time and after time IMHO
Revelation 22:5 kjv
5. There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.
Ok this is some scripture about time, but there are others.
State your case. I am always open to scripture. Scripture also states we know God by what he created.
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I found some of it. The scholars (supposedly) agree that, the sun was created on the first day.
Genesis
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.[
a] 2 The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
3
Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.”
And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day.../
The Lord defined the length of a day in verses 4 & 5
4 And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.”.../
The length of time is from one sunset to the next sunset. Man gow smart and figured out they could make a timer and it almost matched that length of time of one day exactly. Then they got uppity and said it's from midnight to midnight and this is what time it is... Close, but no cookie.
Ok, moving on, you presume to believe that the sun was created on the 4th day, right? O Let's go there.
Genesis 14-19
14 Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years. 15 Let these lights in the sky shine down on the earth.” And that is what happened.
16
God made two great lights—the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set these lights in the sky to light the earth, 18 to govern the day and night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
Let's zero in on that verse 16, shall we? God made two great lights. God "made" two great lights, and this is the fourth day! But waitaminute, wasn't plants created on the third day? Don't they need light?
Third day:
11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
19 And evening passed and morning came, marking the fourth day.../
Read closely now,
let the earth bring forth grass and plants. Not, Jesus created them by hand like He did Adam. So all the constituants were already in the ground and God said, let the earth bring it forth. That's important. For the earth and plants to be able to flourish they need photosynthises, aka, the sun. Conclusion, the sun was already there before day four. Before day three even!
Which brings us back to verse 16
16 And God made two great lights;.../
We better go to the Concordance then!
Ok. God "made"
The word 'made' in Hebrew is H6213 Asa
An outline of the Hebrew usage of the word says it can be used to:
- to attend to, put in order
- to act, act with effect, effect.
H6213 - עָשָׂה ʻâsâh, aw-saw'; a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application:—accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready)...
www.blueletterbible.org
So the Lord set the sun in it's proper place on the fourth day and all the stars and planets. And then, we could use them to track time for ourselves, for seasons and all that.
Does that cover it enough? Any other questions?
(Praise the Lord I found that so quick! I didn't think I could, lol.)
