Genesis 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Genesis 1:1-2 describes the beginning as nothingness, void, and filled with darkness. Before anything was created, there existed only the great I AM, the Almighty God, the Father of all. There was no time, chance, space, not even nothingness, just God.
Then, God conceived the Plan of Grace, which began with his sole personal creation—the fathering of his only begotten son, Jesus Christ. From this divine being, all things were formed, and without him, nothing could have been created.
Genesis 1:3 explains that God (Jesus) created something that was directly opposite darkness. When God created light, the law of action having a natural reaction came into play, and darkness reacted to the light. As a result, darkness and light mixed together.
The subsequent verse informs the reader that God “saw the light.” For God to perceive this light, it must have a tangible form and substance.
Genesis 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
AAs humans, we don’t perceive light directly. Instead, we perceive the brain’s representation of objects. We don’t detect light because it’s essentially energy in the form of photons. Photons lack a defined structure and aren’t composed of atoms because they’re essentially waves, not particles. We only perceive objects that emit or reflect light. In other words, if Jesus, the projected form of God, viewed only the reflection of light emitted by an object, Verse 4 could be true. In his true form, Jesus saw both light and darkness. The contrast between the two forms made darkness visible.
This something had to have form and substance, yet it was intermingled with darkness, which also had form and substance, and was seen by Jesus. Genesis 1:4 states that God divided or separated light from darkness. This means they may have had equal properties about them. God saw the light mingling with the darkness and made a judgmental observation, calling it good.
As a result of action and reaction, darkness was not favorable. I didn’t explicitly state that darkness was evil or vile; instead, I implied that it was inherently negative. Later, God physically separated the good from the unrighteous and the evil.
There are two ways to understand evil: one is related to sin, and the other is related to natural disasters. This was not a disaster in creation, but rather a natural occurrence that resulted from the creation of a good thing.
Genesis 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
The light God named Day and the darkness he called Night were purely physical things of creation, as evidenced by their naming in Genesis 1:5. Grammatically, Day and Night are proper nouns, not common nouns. Separated into 12 hours of light and 12 hours of darkness, they did not constitute a 24-hour day.
A concept is a false type or shadow that explains a “fact” inaccurately. This false concept is then used as the actual fact, disregarding the printed word, which treats half of the truth as an allegory and not as factual history.
At the conclusion of Genesis 1:5, a dilemma arises for contemporary dispensational readers of the Bible. Genesis 1:5 states that after the naming of light and darkness, the first day came to an end.
However, two more days passed without the Sun or Moon providing actual light, and the creation of the 24-hour day began on day 4 and continued through day 7. This is because the Sun and Moon were not created until the Fourth Day. The phrase “evening and morning” at the end of Genesis 1:5 was not intended to be redundant.
Genesis 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
Genesis 1:15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
Genesis 1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Genesis 1:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
Genesis 1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
The challenge lies in explaining how the reader can conclude a day’s activities without considering the actual time spent on the first three days. It’s possible that the statement “And the evening and the morning were the first day” could have multiple meanings that are acceptable.
One understanding is that each day was a 24-hour period. Another understanding suggests that it was an unknown period of time, implying that evening and morning could have lasted for millions of years.
Another interpretation suggests that this phrase was intended to serve as the conclusion of the interval between one miracle and another. The author employed this phrase as a literary device to create dramatic effect.
One possible interpretation is that it might be a way of saying the beginning and the end of something. At the end of each day, the author might simply refer to the day God created things again with the words “And the evening and the morning were the.”
Therefore, if we don’t accept Day and Night to be 24-hour days and not metaphorical concepts, what could they be? Remember, this creation was not in any way connected to Earth or the cosmos. God didn’t need light to see in darkness. Day and Night had forms and were named. These two proper nouns were connected to two actual things.
Having eliminated the concept of 24 hours of light and understanding that they are forms with substance, they are capable of being Good. As moralistic phenomena judged by God, these two things may constitute the Heavenly Host.
Isaiah 48:3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
Isaiah 48:4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
Isaiah 48:5 I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
Isaiah 48:6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
Isaiah 48:7 They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
Isaiah 48:8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
Isaiah 48:7 reveals that God created things beyond our comprehension even before the creation of time itself, even before the day when we were unaware of their existence.
Jeremiah 33:20 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me
The Host of Heaven cannot be counted based on the account of Jeremiah writing a statement from God. Additionally, God was not referring to humanity because he mentions them as the seed of David. Furthermore, he mentions the earth’s sand, indicating that he was not using it as a metaphor for humanity.
God then redoubles his efforts to explain things by adding:
Jeremiah 33:22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
Luke explains that there were many people who were called “multitudes.”
Luke 2:13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying.
Luke presents compelling evidence suggesting the existence of a heavenly host.
Godly logic dictates that the creation within heaven be explained by comparing two mediums: Day and Night, as per the author of Genesis’s attempt to explain what they knew of creation. Considering only that which is physically relevant, we conclude that when the author writes of the naming of light and darkness, they are referring to the Heavenly Host, with Day representing goodness and Night representing evil.
The naming of Day and Night reflects the angelic host’s moral qualities. There is a correlation between Day and Night, as well as the terms “evil” and “good,” such as the just and the unjust. These are moral characteristics of those resurrected in the last days during the Second Resurrection, as mentioned in Matthew 5:45.
Matthew 5:45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Day and night were both good and bad, just and unjust in God’s eyes. Why would he portray light as being good? In this instance, light isn’t inherently good or bad; it simply exhibits certain behaviors. To label something as good or bad, it must possess awareness or sentience. Otherwise, it’s merely an object that doesn’t require a name. God bestowed names upon them.
James alluded to the Heavenly Host and their light in James 1:17, referring to good gifts, including lights. God is the Father of lights. The argument is that Jesus and God created lights.
James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
In Acts 12:7, an angel of the Lord appeared to Peter, and light emanated from the angel’s presence.
Acts 12:7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off his hands.
Revelation 18:1 narrates that an angel descended from heaven and illuminated the earth. This light, whether it’s knowledge or physical light, emanates from the angel.
Revelation 18:1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
Isaiah 60:19 prophesies that after the thousand-year reign, there will be no need for daylight illumination. This suggests that the light of understanding may still encompass light emanating from a portion of the Heavenly Host.
Isaiah 60:19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
It serves as a striking illustration of why the heavenly host would be called Day. Daniel describes a “certain man,” a heavenly being, whose face radiates like lightning, whose eyes resemble fiery lamps, and whose arms and legs appear to be gleaming brass.
Daniel 10:5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:
Daniel 10:6 His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
Daniel 10:7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a greatquaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.
Daniel 7:9 also describes the Throne of God and its wheels radiating light;
Daniel 7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
To elaborate on the concept of light symbolizing angels, we can refer to the renowned scripture in 2 Corinthians 11:4, which distinguishes the Serpent as Satan. This scripture states that even Satan, whether you believe he is the imagined alter ego of Adam or not, is manifesting as an angel of light.
2 Corinthians 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
It’s easy to see that the serpent in the garden was disguised as an angel of light, who was also the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.
However, if we interpret Satan as Adam’s carnal mind, it would imply that Adam was an angel of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, which is outside the context of the Genesis subject matter.
Thessalonians 5:5 proclaims that if we follow Jesus (through baptisms and faith), we become children of the light and children of the day. This scripture is not rooted in or referring to a 24-hour day; instead, it speaks of a heavenly congregation of acknowledged believers, including the Heavenly Host.
1 Thessalonians 5:5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
Romans 13:12 proclaims that the night has passed and the day is upon us. It then draws a parallel between the night and the darkness that permeates it, a concept that originated in Genesis 1:4.
Romans 13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Acts 26:18 states that if our physical eyes are opened, we can “turn them from DARKNESS,” which is the power of Satan. This darkness can be linked to the darkness of heaven before the creation of the 24-hour day and to the reference that darkness is evil.
Acts 26:18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
To conclude my comment, I must mention Jude, who accurately addressed the Heavenly Host and the downfall of the angel Satan and those who followed him in darkness during the period of division in Genesis 1:4. Jude specifically refers to the entire host of darkness, which was called Night in Genesis 1:5. He informs us that they departed from their initial estate after the division of Day and Night.
Now, the angels of Night are forever bound in darkness, awaiting their final day of judgment.
There are many more scriptures about DARKNESS that I could have included, but like the children of Israel, I don’t want to give too much attention to Satan.
Exodus 23:13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
That’s why Satan is rarely mentioned in the Old Testament.
CONCLUSION:
Based on the above information, it is evident that the Day and Night mentioned in Genesis are undoubtedly referring to either the Light or the Darkness of the Heavenly Host. These verses cannot be interpreted as describing a 24-hour day.
The reason I can’t believe that the Serpent is a caricature of the dark side of man or the myth of the Carnal Nature is because these concepts are simply not true. These concepts are a false type or shadow misdirected to explain a “fact.”
These concepts are then used as actual facts, disregarding the printed word and portraying the truth as an allegory that is not accepted as factual history.
In a similar manner, stones, wood, silver, or gold can be transformed into “graven images,” while metaphors and analogies can achieve the same. By removing the tangible authenticity of an object and replacing it with a description of an illogical concept, we commit a robbery of the utmost magnitude.
Recognise the Light and stay out of the Darkness.
Written By: Charles Cohenour Jr.
