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'Then God said' - The first part of Verse 3 tells us that God speaks. God doesn't just exist, he is wise and intelligent. In fact we know that he is all wise and all knowing. (Hebrews 4:13).
'"Let there be light", and there was light' - We see from this that God is also all powerful: He speaks and it happens straight away. God is worthy of all praise, He is truly awesome and can do anything. This verse seems to convey absolutely no effort on God's part - he speaks and it happens. God reigns. One thing has often been pointed out - God created light on Day One, yet created the sun on Day Four - How does that work? I think the most biblical answer is that God himself gave off the light. We know that Jesus is the light of the world (John 8:12) and also that in heaven there will be no sun - God's glory will be our light. (Revalations 21:22-24). God is truly almighty, creator of everything.
'Saw that it was good' - God created and it was good. God is good, and all he does is good and wonderful (Mat 19:17, Psalm 139:14). At this point of creation, there was nothing evil, all was good. There was no sin.
'Separated light from darkness' - God separated light and dark into day and night (Verse 5). A parallel that could be drawn: Just as God separated physical light and darkness in the beginning, he will also separate spiritual light and darkness at the end. This means that God will judge all people, he will separate Christians from Non-Christians, Christians are forgiven for their sin (Darkness) through Jesus Death, which payed the penalty for it and will be accepted into heaven for eternity to enjoy God and his blessings, while Non-Christians will be sent to hell for eternity to suffer God's wrath because of their sins. So, the questions: Are you a Christian? If not, why not? Think about this seriously, this is your eternity we are talking about and this life is your only chance to be forgiven.
'God called the light day and the darkness night' - Here we have the 24 hour cycle of day and night put in place. I believe 100% that God created in 6 days, and we see here at least that he created literal 24 hour days on Day one. Some might argue that because the sun wasn't created till day 4 We don't know if it was a 24 hour period, but I'd say The repetition of the next bit after every day doesn't change between here and any of the other days, so I think its safe to say that the days didn't either
'There was evening and there was morning, the First day' - God, as well as making light and dark, made morning and evening. A thought, The earth was probably spinning, if there was morning and evening, if the light was moving, then the earth was probably spinning. Does this mean that the earth was in orbit (Before the sin was created)? If so, is it the sun which keeps us in orbit, or is it really God who sustains us completely? We know that God does sustain all of creation (Colossians 1:17, Hebrews 1:3, Job 12:10), he is truly worthy of all praise. He created us, and continually sustains us, we owe God our lives. Besides this, we (Christians) owe him doubly because he sent his only son Jesus Christ to die for us and give us eternal life (John 3:16), because we were dead in sin, and cannot save ourselves. Through Jesus, God offers forgiveness to those who will turn to him. Will you turn to him? Repent and Believe for the kingdom of God is near! (Mark 1:15)
Parallel verses:
Psalm 33:6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.
Psalm 33:9 For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.
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