Light before Sunlight

Saturday, 2nd February 2008

Most of us can recall the creation story where God said on Day 1 " let there be light" and there was light.

However, do you know that the sun, moon and stars were only created on Day 4?

Which means to say that the source of light on Days 1 to 3 was *not* from the sun!

In fact, God even chose to create vegetation on Day 3, which means to say that these vegetation did not rely upon the sun's light to make food until the sun was created on Day 4.

There is a reason as to why God did not create the sun on Day 1. Many other religions exalt the sun as the source of power, energy and life.

For example, the Egyptians worship the sun god Re, and one of the 10 plagues that came upon them was darkness encampassing the entire land for 3 days as recorded in Ex 10:21-29. (To be more precise, the whole of Egypt was in darkness except for the region of Goshen where the Israelites had settled, but that is another topic for another day). Through this plague, God was telling the Egyptians that He was the true God whereas Re was a false one.

The source of power, energy and life is not the sun, but the Son.

The Nicene Creed states that "Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God..."

Jesus Himself said in Jn 8:58, "Before Abraham was, I AM".

Which brings me to a related point that I heard someone raise, about God needing to create man because He was "feeling lonely" and needed someone to fellowship with.

This is not accurate because God was never alone or lonely. The Holy Trinity existed long before creation. The Godhead -- Father, Son and Holy Spirit had fellowship with one another before man came into the picture.

Man was created to enjoy fellowship with the Creator. And in God's image, which is what I will blog about tomorrow.