Genesis 1:4 – Matty (Headwind)

February 9, 2021February 9, 2022

Physical Separation

And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. (Daniel 12:3)

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
(Genesis 1:1) KJV

God intends to bring about a permanent physical separation of light from darkness. Light weight and light bearing are synonyms, like dark and heavy are. In general heavier, denser materials are darker.

January 5, 2021January 5, 2022

Light and Darkness

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
(Genesis 1:4) KJV

On rare occasions we encounter someone who has an inkling of what we’re doing, harmonizing science with the Bible, and they ask an intelligent question about it. The intelligent question was this:

March 3, 2019February 9, 2021

A space between: בֵּ֥ין – bayin

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
(Genesis 1:6) KJV

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
(Genesis 1:4) KJV

Dividing the water above the firmament from the water below below it required physical space. Likewise, dividing the light from the darkness isn’t the alternation of day and night, it’s also the their separation by a physical space.

February 9, 2018February 12, 2022

February 9th

Separation

And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.
(Genesis 1:4) ESV

We (that’s me and the Holy spirit) have come to understand that the Earth is part of an ongoing process of permanent, physical separation of light from darkness. The process isn’t complete. Yet.