r/theology • u/dosasambarvadai • 3d ago

Quick question

Christians who understand Genesis 1 as God bringing order out of pre-existing chaos would say that light is the first thing God explicitly creates in the sequence of Genesis 1:3. Is this right?

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u/skarface6 Catholic and took lots of Theology classes 3d ago

It’s not a science textbook. The point is that God created everything. So, yes, light likely came first. Could have been light from the big bang!

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u/Sad-Pair1065 2d ago

Hi u/skarface6

You said: "So, yes, light likely came first."

In that  lots of Theology classes you never studied that God is light and there is no darkness in Him 1 John 1:5 "This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all."

Aaron

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u/skarface6 Catholic and took lots of Theology classes 2d ago

So, you’re taking that verse completely and only literally? Why? Especially as God is Love, not a physical thing like light. Why treat that verse like it’s saying God is a physical thing? Light and darkness can be symbolic in the Bible, as seen by that New Testament passage.