Imagine, if you can, seeing light on the earth, but there are no sun, no moon, and no stars. It would have to look something like photos taken on the moon during the Apollo missions. (Hint, hint…) A lighted world without heavenly lights was the situation on earth before the fourth day of creation. God created light on the first day of creation, but as yet there were no lights in the sky until the fourth day. From where did this light come? We can surmise that God himself was the light.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. 5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. John 1:1–5 (NASB95)
Those who do not believe that the Bible is the inspired and true Word of God still cannot comprehend this light and refuse to acknowledge God’s ability to shine into the darkness. (2 Corinthians 4:6) Those who believe in a materialistic universe governed by known mechanics cannot conceive of a light without a physical source; so, they believe the Genesis creation account is just another religious myth. (Everyone has to believe something!) But those of us who believe that God’s Word is literally true, accept a lighted world without any physical light source without understanding how it worked. We would rather appear foolish in the eyes of men than be guilty of calling God a liar.
May it never be! Rather, let God be found true, though every man be found a liar, as it is written, “THAT YOU MAY BE JUSTIFIED IN YOUR WORDS, AND PREVAIL WHEN YOU ARE JUDGED.” Romans 3:4 (NASB95)
Since it was not until the fourth day that God created the sun, moon, and stars and placed them in the firmament, the Big Bang theory and its corollary, the heliocentric system, is a lie. This places all who profess to believe the Bible in a crisis of faith. Will I believe the Bible is an accurate account of creation, or will I twist its clear meaning into something that bows the knee to modern cosmological theory?
Will I claim that the Bible is true, but Genesis is not true science? Will I say that it contains the truth without being true? What kind of satanic mischief is that? Will I call God a liar in order to appear to be wise to the world? I formerly did that out of ignorance, but no more. I now boldly declare that God’s Words in the Genesis account of creation are actually true. How about you?
