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Verse Genesis 1:14. _AND GOD SAID, LET THERE BE LIGHTS, C_.] One
principal office of these was to divide between day and night. When
night is considered a state of comparative _darkness_, how can lig...
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- VI. The Fourth Day
14. מאור _mā'ôr_, “a light, a luminary, a center of radiant
light.”
מועה _mô‛ēd_, “set time, season.”
Words beginning with a formative מ _m_usually signify that in which
th...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. THE CREATION ACCOUNT
The manner in which the book of Genesis begins leaves no doubt that it
is the revelation of God. The creation account is historical truth.
The questio...
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The second set of four works on the last three days corresponds to the
set of four on the first three. Thus we have the creation of light and
of the luminaries; the firmament separating the upper from...
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LIGHTS. Hebrew. _m'aor_. lightholders or luminaries (Exodus 25:6;
Exodus 27:20; Exodus 35:14, &c. Compare Genesis 1:3).
SIGNS. Hebrew.
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Fourth Day. The Creation of the Heavenly Bodies
Observe that the creation of the "lights" in the heaven on the fourth
day corresponds to the creation of "light" on the first day. If we
divide the six...
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_Let there be lights_ The word rendered "lights" (LXX
φωστῆρες : Lat. _luminaria_) denotes a thing, or body,
carrying light; cf. Psalms 74:16, "The day is thine, the night also is
thine: Thou hast pre...
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AND GOD SAID, LET THERE BE LIGHTS— The Almighty now proceeds to
furnish the heaven, or expanse of air, after having furnished the
earth; and so to complete his _inanimate_ creation. The light, by
what...
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Day Four: Chronology (Genesis 1:14-19)
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide
the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons,
and for days and years...
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PART SIX: THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF THE COSMIC WEEK OF BEGINNINGS
Genesis 1:2-19
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The verb
_bara,_ translated create, writes Skinner (ICC, 15) is u...
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_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:_
Let there be lights in the fi...
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1:14 lights (d-7) Lit. 'light-bearers.'...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
ABOUT GENESIS
Many people think that Moses wrote Genesis. If he did, other people
probably helped him. And if he did, he may have used some of the words
o...
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God had not yet made animals and people. Later, when he made them,
they would need periods to be active and periods to rest. So God made
the sun and the moon divide time into days and months and years...
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LET THERE BE LIGHTS (LUMINARIES) IN THE FIRMAMENT (OR EXPANSE) OF THE
HEAVEN. — In Hebrew the word for light is _ôr,_ and for luminary,
_ma-ôr,_ a light-bearer. The light was created on the first day,...
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EXCURSUS B: ON THE NAMES ELOHIM AND JEHOVAH-ELOHIM.
Throughout the first account of creation (Genesis 1:1 to Genesis 2:3)
the Deity is simply called _Elohim._ This word is strictly a plural of
_Eloah,...
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וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֗ים יְהִ֤י מְאֹרֹת֙
בִּ רְק
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THE CREATION
Genesis 1:1; Genesis 2:1
IF anyone is in search of accurate information regarding the age of
this earth, or its relation to the sun, moon, and stars, or regarding
the order in which plan...
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SKY, EARTH, SEASONS
Genesis 1:6
There were successive stages in creation. The days probably represent
long periods. It is so with the new creation in our hearts. See 2
Corinthians 5:17. In nature the...
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The opening sentence of the Book of Genesis is an interpretation of
the fact "that what is seen hath not been made out of things which do
appear" Hebrews 11:3), and accounts for the things which are s...
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"GOD CREATED"
It should be noted the writer of this account is not concerned with
science. However, no proven fact of science contradicts any scripture.
The expression "and God" is used 28 times in Ge...
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And God said, Let there be (k) lights in the firmament of the heaven
to (l) divide the day from the night; and let them be for (m) signs,
and for seasons, and for days, and years:
(k) By the lights b...
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For signs. Not to countenance the delusive observations of
astrologers, but to give notice of rain, of the proper seasons for
sowing, &c. (Menochius) --- If the sun was made on the first day, as
some...
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And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and
let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of
the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over...
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There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention
may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with
facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...
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_SUN AND MOON_
‘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 1:14...
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14._Let there be lights _(67) Moses passes onwards to the fourth day,
on which the stars were made. God had before created the light, but he
now institutes a new order in nature, that the sun should b...
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Let us examine then the contents of this book in order. First, we have
the creation creation in which man is found placed on earth as centre
and head. We have first the WORK of God, and then the REST...
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AND GOD SAID, LET THERE BE LIGHTS IN THE FIRMAMENT OF THE HEAVEN,....
In the upper part of it, commonly called the starry heaven: some
writers, both Jewish and Christian, and even modern astronomers,...
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_And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his
kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after
his kind: and God saw that [it was] good._
Ver. 12. _And th...
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_Let there be lights_, &c. God had said, Genesis 1:3, _Let there be
light;_ but that was, as it were a chaos of light, scattered and
confused: now it was called and formed into several luminaries, and...
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[THE CREATION OF THE WORLD.]
1 The creation of Heauen and Earth,
3 of the light,
6 of the firmament,
9 of the earth separated from the waters,
11 and made fruitfull,
14 of the Sunne, Moone, and...
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THE CREATION OF SUN, MOON, AND STARS...
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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. The Creator brought into being ligh...
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THE GENESIS OF THE WORLD AND OF THE PRIMITIVE TIME OF THE HUMAN RACE,
AS THE GENESIS OF THE PRIMITIVE RELIGION UNTIL THE DEVELOPMENT OF
HEATHENDOM, AND OF ITS ANTITHESIS IN THE GERMINATING PATRIARCHAL...
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In our human nature is a thirst to know about origins. God has given
us this nature and God supplies the answer to our desire simply and
decisively in the first statement of His own revelation to mank...
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THE DAY FROM THE NIGHT:
_ Heb._ between the day and between the night...
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14-19 In the fourth day's work, the creation of the sun, moon, and
stars is accounted for. All these are the works of God. The stars are
spoken of as they appear to our eyes, without telling their nu...
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LET THERE BE LIGHTS; to wit, more glorious lights than that created
the first day, which probably was now condensed and reduced into these
lights; which are higher for place, more illustrious for ligh...
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There is something peculiarly striking in the manner in which the Holy
Ghost opens this sublime book. He introduces us, at once, to God, in
the essential fullness of His Being, and the solitariness of...
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Genesis 1:14 God H430 said H559 (H8799) lights H3974 firmament H7549
heavens H8064 divide H914 (H8687) day...
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‘And God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven
to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for
seasons, for days and years, and let them be for lights in the...
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Genesis 1
It is possible that God made at first only one kind of matter, the
germ of all the universe. Indeed, Scripture seems to hint this in the
sublime record of the origin of light: "And God said...
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Genesis 1:14
There are few words much oftener in our mouths than that short but
most important word, "Time." It is the long measure of our labour,
expectation, and pain; it is the scanty measure of o...
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Genesis 1:1. _In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth._
When that «beginning» was, we cannot tell. It may have been long
ages before God fitted up this world for the abode of man, but i...
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CONTENTS: Original creation and the renovating of earth for
habitation of man. Creation of animal and human life.
CHARACTERS: God, Genesis 1:1. Spirit, Genesis 1:2. Christ, Genesis
1:26 (See...
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_Let there be lights in the firmament_
THE HEAVENLY LUMINARIES
I. THESE LIGHTS ARE ALL GOD’S SERVANTS.
II. THE MISTAKES MAN’S EYE MAKES IN JUDGING THE WORKS OF GOD. We
“limit the Holy One of Israel...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 1:1 Primeval History. Genesis 1:1 surveys
the history of the world before Abraham, while chs....
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 1:14 These verses, describing the fourth
day, correspond with the separating of light and darkness on the first
day (vv. Genesis 1:3). Here is the creation of...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 1:14. Lights] “Luminaries:” Heb. _me’ôrôth_, sing,
_mâʼôr_, not _’ôr_ as in Genesis 1:3: Sept. _phôstêr_ here,
_phôs_ there. There was “light” before the fourth day
MAIN HOMI...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 1:14, GENESIS 1:15
_Day four_._ _With this day begins the second half of the creative
week, whose works have a striking correspondence with the labors of
the first. Having perfecte...
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Now on the third day,
God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together into
one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called
the dry land Earth; and the gathering to...
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Let there. Deuteronomy 4:19 Job 25:3 Job 25:5 Job 38:12 Psalms 8:3...
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CREATION SCENES
Genesis 1:11; Genesis 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
In Genesis 1:11 and Genesis 1:12, we find the story of God's command
to t
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THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
Genesis 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We have a very interesting study to set before you today. Most of us
realize how vital a part the Holy Spirit plays in our own exp...
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This is the history of the fourth day's work, the creating the sun,
moon and stars. Of this we have an account, In general, verse Genesis
1:14, Genesis 1:15. where we have, The command given concernin...
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How could there be light before the sun was made?
PROBLEM: The sun was not created until the fourth day, yet there was
light on the first day (Genesis 1:3).
SOLUTION: The sun is not the only source o...