No longer will you have the sun for light by day, It is the radiance or brightness of the sun. In Isaiah 60:19 we are given a different description of the moon. The Hebrew word for “lesser” is qaton. The word means “small” or “trifling.” That is, it is not like the sun.įurther, it is important to note that the Bible does not always describe the moon in the same way. The sun is the greater light and the moon is described as the “lesser light.” The reason that the sun is greater is because it generates light and the moon reflects the sun’s radiated light. In verse 16 the Bible is speaking from the perspective of what a person would see when looking at the sun or the moon.īut notice that God tells us that there is a difference between them. It is important to note that Genesis 1:16 is careful to state that there is a difference between the light of the sun and the moon. Verses 3-5 describe light in general and verses 14-17 tell us that one form the light took was as the sun, moon and stars. It already existed when He created Light. Notice that God’s brightness or brilliance was not and is not the or. Habakkuk 3:5 adds that God’s brightness is like the light, or. Anything that God creates is not Himself. But, yet, He created darkness so that darkness would exist. We usually do not think about God creating darkness. God claims that He is the one who created light and darkness. The light of Genesis 1:3 was created rays or waves that we call sunshine. God did not create His own Shekinah glory. Since the Shekinah glory is a description of God or how He appears, it is obvious that God did not create Himself. Isaiah 45:7 and Habakkuk 3:4 helps us understand that this Hebrew word, or, does not refer to God’s Shekinah glory but to something that God created. There are many other passages that use the Hebrew word or to refer to the light radiated by the sun, moon or stars (Jeremiah 31:35 Ezekiel 32:7-8 Amos 8:9). Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars! Psalm 148:3 (NASB) The word “shining” in this verse is the Hebrew or. In Psalm 148:3 the Hebrew word is clearly used to refer to the sun, moon and stars. He has inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. The Hebrew word for light, or, is also used in other passages to refer to the opposite of darkness. Proverbs 4:18 (NASB) Opposite of Darkness
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The Lord is my light and my salvation whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1 (NASB)īut the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day. But spiritual truth is like light in that it helps us “see” or understand. Spiritual insight or understanding is not something that we can see. Sometimes the Hebrew word, or, is symbolic of spiritual insight. Psalm 89:15 (NASB)īless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty, covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent. The word is used a number of other locations in the Old Testament to refer to God’s Shekinah glory.īlessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face. In Psalm 89:15 we are told that God’s face is light or His Shekinah glory. It is also used in contrast to darkness and other times refers to the first creative act described in Genesis 1:3. The root Hebrew word for “light” in verse 3 is or and it means ” to be or become light, shine, to be bright or to illumine.” A survey of how this Hebrew word is used in different passages of the Old Testament reveals that the word is used sometimes to refer to God’s Shekinah glory. That is, the light came into existence when God commanded that it start to exist. In these verses we are told that God commanded and light appeared. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.
And God separated the light from the darkness. Genesis 1:3-5 says that God created light on the first day of the week of creation.Īnd God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. What is the light that God created on the first day in Genesis 1 verses 3-5? Was it God's Shekinah glory? Was it spiritual light? Bible Answer:
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