and god said . . and then there was light

God saw that it was good.Ģ2 God blessed them, saying, 'Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas and let the birds multiply on land.'Ģ3 Evening came and morning came: the fifth day.Ģ4 God said, 'Let the earth produce every kind of living creature in its own species: cattle, creeping things and wild animals of all kinds.' And so it was.Ģ5 God made wild animals in their own species, and cattle in theirs, and every creature that crawls along the earth in its own species. God saw that it was good.ġ9 Evening came and morning came: the fourth day.Ģ0 God said, 'Let the waters be alive with a swarm of living creatures, and let birds wing their way above the earth across the vault of heaven.' And so it was.Ģ1 God created great sea-monsters and all the creatures that glide and teem in the waters in their own species, and winged birds in their own species. God saw that it was good.ġ3 Evening came and morning came: the third day.ġ4 God said, 'Let there be lights in the vault of heaven to divide day from night, and let them indicate festivals, days and years.ġ5 Let them be lights in the vault of heaven to shine on the earth.' And so it was.ġ6 God made the two great lights: the greater light to govern the day, the smaller light to govern the night, and the stars.ġ7 God set them in the vault of heaven to shine on the earth,ġ8 to govern the day and the night and to divide light from darkness. Evening came and morning came: the second day.ĩ God said, 'Let the waters under heaven come together into a single mass, and let dry land appear.' And so it was.ġ0 God called the dry land 'earth' and the mass of waters 'seas', and God saw that it was good.ġ1 God said, 'Let the earth produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants, and fruit trees on earth, bearing fruit with their seed inside, each corresponding to its own species.' And so it was.ġ2 The earth produced vegetation: the various kinds of seed-bearing plants and the fruit trees with seed inside, each corresponding to its own species.

Evening came and morning came: the first day.Ħ God said, 'Let there be a vault through the middle of the waters to divide the waters in two.' And so it was.ħ God made the vault, and it divided the waters under the vault from the waters above the vault.Ĩ God called the vault 'heaven'. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever' (Revelation 22:5).1 In the beginning God created heaven and earth.Ģ Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, with a divine wind sweeping over the waters.ģ God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light.Ĥ God saw that light was good, and God divided light from darkness.ĥ God called light 'day', and darkness he called 'night'. And one day, in the new heavens and new earth, '…night will be no more. We need never walk in darkness, because He is the light of life.

Light is a vibrant picture of what God does in the hearts of those who trust in Jesus Christ, the true Light. Physical light, caused by God's creative act and command to 'Let there be light,' is a demonstration of God's creative power and sovereignty. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.'' Second Corinthians 4:6 says, 'For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.' For example, in John 8:12 we read, 'Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, 'I am the light of the world. Light is often used as a metaphor of the goodness God brings to a person, group, or situation. It is less about allowing something to happen, like let our neighbor in the door, and more like a command: 'Light, exist!' God used the same commanding voice throughout Genesis 1 as He created the earth and the sky, the sun and the moon, animals and plants and the sea. The verb in the Hebrew language here for 'let' is yehi, translated to fiat lux in Latin. When He said, 'Let there be light' (Genesis 1:3), He created light to separate from the darkness, and established a spiritual metaphor for His goodness and power and grace. God's power and creativity were shown during the creation. What does 'Let there be light' mean as it relates to creation? Why did God say, 'Let there be light'?

And god said . . and then there was light