Aunty Jane
Well-Known Member
The sun was not created on the 4th day.....Maybe it's a code. Because God didn't create the sun until the 4th "day". How were days counted when the sun didn't exist until day 4?
God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also. God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, and to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. There was evening and there was morning , a fourth day. Genesis 1:16-19
How were there days counted before the sun's creation?
Read through Genesis ch 1. "The heavens and the earth" were created as one event. That means all the universe was created in one almighty explosion of energy....and that would have included our sun which provides earth's light. What was the first thing that became visible? "Let there be light".....the sun was providing that light but its form was not yet visible from the human standpoint. It was enough for plant life to photosynthesize.
As part of the ongoing process, God cleared away cloud layers to reveal the heavenly bodies on day 4. (Job 38:4, 9)