The Atmopshere Does Not Allow the Sun to Be Seen Until the 4th Day
Re: hubsu @ shiaforums.com
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Originally Posted by hubsu
Genesis 1:3-5 There was evening and morning one day. This statement indicates that the first thing created was the day and night. However, we know that day and night would come after the existence of the sun and through its rise and set.
You've misread these verses. What happened was God created perfectly in Gen. 1.1, but due to the sin of the inhabitants of earth's earliest ages, God made the earth desolate and waste in verse 2, after which time he began to restore creation. These 6 days are literal 24 hour days, but they sum up the period of restoration, so that the first day is the light coming into view, yet no sun is seen yet as the atmosphere prevents the viewing of the sun.
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However, verse 14 from the same chapter indicates that the sun was created on the fourth day, God made two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night.
On the 4th day as the atmosphere unfolds it becomes more clear for the sun to come into view. The Hebrew word used for the days are that of restoration not creation.
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Genesis 1:11 states that vegetations, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees were created on the third day: But we know that vegetations and plants could not grow without sun, while Genesis 1:16 tells us that the sun was created on the fourth day.
Remember the sun was there, except it was not visible. The light from the sun was still able to pierce through the atmosphere and give life to the plants.
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Moreover, Genesis Chapter 2 contradicts the first chapter. The first chapter has stated that vegetations and plants and the trees were created on the third day, before the creation of man, who was created on the sixth day; however, Genesis Chapter 2:5-9 tells us that man was created before vegetation and plants.
Gen. 2.5-9 doesn't say man was created before plant life, for we read "But water came up out of the ground and watered all the land" (v.6) before man was created. This water fed the plant life. The reason given why there was no plant life was because there was no water: "there were no plants or grain growing on the earth, for the LORD God had not sent any rain. And no one was there to cultivate the soil" (v.5), but verse six, before man is created, tells us "water came up out of the ground and watered the land." Then man was created: "And the LORD God formed a man's body from the dust of the ground and breathed into it the breath of life. And the man became a living person" (v.7). What follows are the plant life that grew from the watering that occurred before man was created.
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Moreover, Genesis 1:14-19 describes the creation of the sun, moon and stars on the fourth day, after the creation of the earth on the third day. Our modern knowledge of the formation of the solar system does not allow us to state that the sun, moon, and stars came into being after the creation of the earth. Scientists tell us that stars eventually exploded and recondensed over numerous cycles, forming the heavy elements that LATER condensed into the earth.
Remember, this refers to restoration of that which was already there. Day 1 was light coming into view in the restoration. Day 2 the firmament was split: waters from above and below. Day 3 was plant life that naturally comes from the feeding of water. Day 4 the sun, moon and stars come into view because the atmosphere has been unfolded so the sun, moon and stars can be seen. Day 5 are the animals. Day 6 is man, the pinnacle of God's creation.
