The first day of creation: Understanding the light (Part 1)

The first chapter of the Book of Genesis clearly states: God created the physical lights on the fourth day of creation. This includes the sun, the moon, and the stars.

Yet we see another “light” created on the first day of creation. Who or what is this light?

The Bible has the answer!

If you have been reading this blog regularly, hopefully you have seen that the Bible is a treasure chest of information.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust do corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust does corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

For where your treasure is, there will your heart (brain) be also. ~Matthew 6:19-21

The reason the New Testament forbids any “private interpretation” of the Bible is because the Bible interprets itself. A person does not need a degree from a university or theological seminary to understand the Bible’s writings. All a person needs is the Bible and the guidance of the Holy Spirit, who is Jesus Himself.

The creation account in Genesis is a great example of how the Bible contains “hidden” nuggets of information for God’s children. When a person finds these nuggets, they are increasing their treasure in heaven!

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. ~Luke 11:9-10

The word “light” is used in different ways in the Bible. It can be referring to physical light; it can be referring to a person’s understanding of the Bible; it can be referring to the messengers of God; and it can be referring to Jesus Himself.

This is why it is so important to study the Bible “in context” – which simply means, you must consider how a word or phrase is being used in relationship to the surrounding text.

We must also consider all the other Biblical passages which include a particular word or phrase. This is why studying the Bible takes time and why studying the Bible is referred to as the process of rightly dividing the word of truth.

Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. ~2 Timothy 2:15

Physical light

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:

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. ~Genesis 1:14-19

Understanding of the Bible

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts (brains), to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. ~2 Corinthians 4:6-7

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened… .  ~Ephesians 1:17-18

The messengers of God

You are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it gives light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. ~Matthew 5:14-16

Jesus: the first spirit God created

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. ~Genesis 1:3

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. ~John 8:12

As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. ~John 9:5

I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believes on me should not abide in darkness. ~John 12:46

This study is going to get deeper, so please subscribe to this blog. I’ll show you:

1. How to draw logical conclusions when you study the Bible.
2. Why salvation is of the Jews.
3. What Jesus’ death on the cross gives to every human being.
4. How the devil has already achieved deceiving the entire world.
5. What it means to be “saved” in this world and the next.

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