"To govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:18 (NIV)
This verse is a continuation of the thought from verse 17. This is just more reason God created the lights. So in verse 14 and 15 God is saying how it is going to be and in verse 16 he does just what he said he was going to do. And now in verses 17 and 18 the author is just recapping the reason for the light.
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Monday, July 22, 2013
Genesis 1:17
"God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth," Genesis 1:17 (NIV)
Well, this is very simple. God put the luminous bodies he just created in the sky to provide the ground with light. Not much to argue about, but even if I don't see it, I'm sure someone else could come up with something in this verse to argue over. After all, there are people to could argue with a brick wall.
Well, this is very simple. God put the luminous bodies he just created in the sky to provide the ground with light. Not much to argue about, but even if I don't see it, I'm sure someone else could come up with something in this verse to argue over. After all, there are people to could argue with a brick wall.
Friday, July 12, 2013
Genesis 1:16
"God made two great lights-the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars." Genesis 1:16 (NIV)
These "lights" are translated as "luminous bodies" in QBible. So this verse is expounding on what lights God created in verse 14 and 15. "Luminous bodies" does seem more accurate for the moon since it doesn't actually produce it's own light, but simply reflects light from the sun back at us.
Of course, we don't just see the moon at night. There are times it is clear for us to see during the daylight hours. If it rules the night, why is it out during the day?
Well, my theory here might be shaky, but I'm going to throw it out anyway. Steven P. Wickerstrom compares the job of the moon to our job as Christians: to reflect the light. The moon reflects the sun's light and we should reflect Jesus. Life can be hard, and sometimes we need to retreat from the world and immerse ourselves in Jesus's light, teachings, love, everything... Perhaps, the moon is demonstrating this for us by taking time away from reflecting light to us during the night and soaking up as much sunlight as it can so that it can keep going.
It could also just be that God says the moon rules the night simply because when it does show up for the party, it's the biggest, brightest light in the night sky. After all, the king is the ruler of the country even when he's not there. He might be out traveling on a diplomatic mission or just for the fun of it and he's not going to suddenly stop ruling the country just because he crossed the border. If there's any other reason the ruling light of the night sky skips out on the nights I haven't found it, but these theories make sense to me.
These "lights" are translated as "luminous bodies" in QBible. So this verse is expounding on what lights God created in verse 14 and 15. "Luminous bodies" does seem more accurate for the moon since it doesn't actually produce it's own light, but simply reflects light from the sun back at us.
Of course, we don't just see the moon at night. There are times it is clear for us to see during the daylight hours. If it rules the night, why is it out during the day?
Well, my theory here might be shaky, but I'm going to throw it out anyway. Steven P. Wickerstrom compares the job of the moon to our job as Christians: to reflect the light. The moon reflects the sun's light and we should reflect Jesus. Life can be hard, and sometimes we need to retreat from the world and immerse ourselves in Jesus's light, teachings, love, everything... Perhaps, the moon is demonstrating this for us by taking time away from reflecting light to us during the night and soaking up as much sunlight as it can so that it can keep going.
It could also just be that God says the moon rules the night simply because when it does show up for the party, it's the biggest, brightest light in the night sky. After all, the king is the ruler of the country even when he's not there. He might be out traveling on a diplomatic mission or just for the fun of it and he's not going to suddenly stop ruling the country just because he crossed the border. If there's any other reason the ruling light of the night sky skips out on the nights I haven't found it, but these theories make sense to me.
Friday, July 5, 2013
Genesis 1:15
"'And let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.' And it was so." Genesis 1:15
This verse continues from verse 14, adding another reason for these lights in the sky. This new reason is very simply to give light to the earth. Again this verse ends with what God speaking coming into existence exactly as he spoke it to be. What God says is what goes.
This verse continues from verse 14, adding another reason for these lights in the sky. This new reason is very simply to give light to the earth. Again this verse ends with what God speaking coming into existence exactly as he spoke it to be. What God says is what goes.
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