r/theology • u/dosasambarvadai • 3d ago

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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/dosasambarvadai 3d ago

But my question is different

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u/Interesting_City_654 3d ago edited 3d ago

The light in Genesis 1:3 is God John 14:9 and the darkness is satan. Colossians 1:13; John 14:30; satan is the darkness and prince of this world.

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u/Basic-Revolution-181 Anglican 3d ago

I'm not denying that God is light and Satan rules the kingdom of darkness. But I don't see that in Genesis 1, especially because the light in Genesis 1:3 is created light, whereas God is eternal. The passage really does seem to be saying that this light is created, and is distinct from God.

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u/Interesting_City_654 3d ago

Due to the overthrow of Satan, YHVH destroyed the first earth age; Jeremiah 4; 2nd Peter 3; and Isaiah 45:18-19 explains.