Genesis 1:5

Gen 1:5

God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.

The sun, moon and stars aren't created till day 4, so there's some doubt as to what this is referring to. I see the possibility of either the idea of light and darkness along with time and a pre-planned day-night cycle, or a diffuse light that will later be formed into the lights in the heavens (by either speeded up natural processes, or direct divine action).

I see a slight possibility of matter being old, since the earth is talked about in a way that doesn't necessarily fit into this first day of creation, but light and everything mentioned afterwards is either young, or it compromises virtually all statements regarding the creation and fall of man. The simplest statement of this contradiction is "creation teaches that by man came death, while evolution teaches that by death came man" There are many other problems with reconciling evolution and the Bible, but this is the most simple and also the most important since it is Adam's fall that explains how a just and loving God can be the creator of this now evil and unjust world.

Genesis 1:4

Gen 1:4

And God saw the light, that [it was] good; and God divided the light from the darkness.

God pronounces the light to be good, and actively separates it from the darkness.

God is a god of divisions and insists that we make decisions as to what side we are to be on.

Genesis 1:3

Ge 1:3 ¶ Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.

God is the author of light
God did not create darkness, only allowed it by separating light from darkness, much like He did not create sin, rather He gave us free will to turn to Him and allowed sin by not forcing us to obey


2Corinthians 4:6
John 3:18-20

Genesis 1:2

Ge 1:2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

God initially created the world empty, then filled it step by step to show us how much care He takes in our lives.

Genesis 1:1

Ge 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
God is the creator and we are merely the creations. As creator, He has the authority to write the rules. This also militates against Gnostic teaching that God created a god that created the earth.

why?

I've decided to start a blog to go through the Bible. The reason for the title is that so many times that I've tried to read through it, I've wanted to throw it across the room in frustration due to either my inability to think about what I'm reading or because it's been so long since I've opened it up, so I'm hoping that posting here will at least get me to read a verse a day and think enough to write a comment on it.