How is it that God makes light reveal itself on Day 1, yet the sun doesn’t come around until Day 4? Seems like God would need to make the sun first, and then He could turn the sun on to bring forth the light.
Interestingly, it’s been said that the light of Day 1 was strictly a spiritual light, whereas the light of Day 4 was physical light. Adam and Eve––when they were created––walked in both of these. They saw the spiritual and physical equally; to their eyes, both were obvious. However, when sin entered the picture, something happened. Either the spiritual light withdrew or man became blind to it. Either way, the Rabbis say that God is reserving the spiritual light for the righteous in the world to come.
In the meantime, He takes the spiritual light (of Day 1) and encapsulates it into His Word. As it says, “His Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path” (Psalms 119:105). And then, “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). Of course, “He is the light of the world” (John 8:12). And He tells those who follow Him that “You are the light of the world” (Matthew 5:14). So you see, the light of Day 1 is still here; it’s just packaged differently. It’s not something we perceive our eyes, but with the eyes of our heart. The light remains available to us, but available only through faith in Him. By faith, we perceive the light of Day 1 during this present darkness.
A day is coming, though, when the world will be repaired, and the light of Day 1 and the light of Day 4 will again be seen together, and as obviously as Adam and Eve first experienced it. It is said in the Bible’s very last chapter, “There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light” (Revelation 22:5).
Interestingly, it’s been said that the light of Day 1 was strictly a spiritual light, whereas the light of Day 4 was physical light. Adam and Eve––when they were created––walked in both of these. They saw the spiritual and physical equally; to their eyes, both were obvious. However, when sin entered the picture, something happened. Either the spiritual light withdrew or man became blind to it. Either way, the Rabbis say that God is reserving the spiritual light for the righteous in the world to come.
In the meantime, He takes the spiritual light (of Day 1) and encapsulates it into His Word. As it says, “His Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path” (Psalms 119:105). And then, “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). Of course, “He is the light of the world” (John 8:12). And He tells those who follow Him that “You are the light of the world” (Matthew 5:14). So you see, the light of Day 1 is still here; it’s just packaged differently. It’s not something we perceive our eyes, but with the eyes of our heart. The light remains available to us, but available only through faith in Him. By faith, we perceive the light of Day 1 during this present darkness.
A day is coming, though, when the world will be repaired, and the light of Day 1 and the light of Day 4 will again be seen together, and as obviously as Adam and Eve first experienced it. It is said in the Bible’s very last chapter, “There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light” (Revelation 22:5).
