How do you explain light being created 3 days before the sun in Genesis

[Ervinp]

Genesis 1

New International Version

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The Beginning​

1 In the beginning God created the heavensand the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.”7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years,15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. 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. 17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth,18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

In the above verses God created light first and then 3 days later He creates sun and the moon. How do you explain that?

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[PossibleThrowawayAccount]

Simple. Light is the source the sun is made of, not the other way around. Remember that God shines and eminates light and he came before the sun.

 

[IndianaRob]

Light is an electro-magnetic field that has to exist before the sun or else the sun couldn’t emit light.

 

[Lambano]

Light is an electro-magnetic field that has to exist before the sun or else the sun couldn’t emit light.

Exactly. Things like electromagnetism and quantum mechanics and such are built into the universe. The simple statement, "And God said, 'Let there be light'" contains the profound truth that God first created the very fundamental building blocks of space, time, matter, and energy.

And the more I learn about the physics of our universe (not to mention the complexities of creating life and human consciousness on days 3, 5, and 6), the more awe and wonder at what God has done demands a response.

 

[Rxlx]

GOD is light.
Revelation 22:5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign forever and ever.'
I just read one website that claims this means the Judged people will live with GOD!