Sun created on Genesis Day 4, Plants on Day 3?

[Mark La Buda]

According to the Genesis Creation account, the Sun was created on Day 4, and plants were created beforehand on Day 3. I'm curious to know, What heated the Earth for plants to survive between Genesis Creation Day 3 and Day 4?

Note in Genesis 1:1 the words “create” is used. In Genesis 1:3 “Let there be ‘light’…” was created-with limited penetration-and is referring to the luminaries: sun, moon and stars. On the second day of creation, there was a division between two expanses: earth’s water and the waters in the heavens (clouds). However, at Genesis 1:14, the luminaries were “made” to penetrate the upper expanse. This is mentioned in Genesis 1:16. In other words, the greater and lesser luminaries were already in existence but were not discernible from the earth. Furthermore, the Hebrew verbs used to describe the lights in Genesis 1:3 and verse 14 are different

 

[GoodAttention]

Seeds need water to germinate, not light or heat.

The water would also contains “warmth” otherwise it would be ice.

 

[IndigoChild5559]

. In Genesis 1:3 “Let there be ‘light’…” was created-with limited penetration-and is referring to the luminaries: sun, moon and stars.

It may be nitpicky, but in the story, the sun, moon, and stars were created on day four.

Genesis 1:14-19
"And God said, ‘Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.’ And it was so. God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day."

 

[Jimmy]

There’s nothing more powerful than the act of creation. Something that awesome takes less than a fraction of a nano second.

 

[Muffled]

Did you miss this first day? Gen 1:4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

 

[Muffled]

According to the Genesis Creation account, the Sun was created on Day 4, and plants were created beforehand on Day 3. I'm curious to know, What heated the Earth for plants to survive between Genesis Creation Day 3 and Day 4?

So my question is: if the sun were not created until the fourth day then could there even be a day1?

 

[Muffled]

I don't accept that as literal so my answer is:

o The creation myths in the Bible are just that: mythology.

I believe it is God's word and He knows more about it than anyone else.

 

[Audie]

Seeds need water to germinate, not light or heat.

The water would also contains “warmth” otherwise it would be ice.

Ice isnt water?

A fanciful oral tale that was retold through how
many years. versions, and languages , then written
translations until that distinction in
English is the final bit of semantic clue to
the Origin of the Universe?

Surely youre joking!

 

[metis]

Surely youre joking!

What's Shirley's last name?

 

[GoodAttention]

Ice isnt water?

A fanciful oral tale that was retold through how
many years. versions, and languages , then written
translations until that distinction in
English is the final bit of semantic clue to
the Origin of the Universe?

Surely youre joking!

Is steam also ice?

Please don’t call me Shirley..

 

[Audie]

Is steam also ice?

Please don’t call me Shirley..

Ok
SURELY did you know that ice and
steam are phases of water?

 

[Muffled]

Ok
SURELY did you know that ice and
steam are phases of water?

I believe as a modalist, I would call them modes of water. However the metaphor does not explain the Trinity correctly.

 

[1213]

According to the Genesis Creation account, the Sun was created on Day 4, and plants were created beforehand on Day 3. I'm curious to know, What heated the Earth for plants to survive between Genesis Creation Day 3 and Day 4?

It could have been the light that was already created, or warmth from earth that was just formed. On the other hand, the story indicates the plants were created as seeds, thy had not yet sprung up, because no rain yet. And seeds can survive without warmth, or light.

No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
Gen. 2:5

 

[Ebionite]

According to the Genesis Creation account, the Sun was created on Day 4

No, is says that two great lights were made. There's a different word for sun and moon.

 

[jimb]

Genesis 1 is not meant to be literal science. It is a tale of how the earth, light, life, the oceans, plants, animals, and humans appeared. The purpose is to define time and life on earth and our relationship to it.

 

[metis]

I tend to believe that the Creation, Flood, and Fall myths are just that: stories to teach basic moral lessons, and these probably were carried through oral traditions before being submitted to the writings we now see today.

 

[Muffled]

I tend to believe that the Creation, Flood, and Fall myths are just that: stories to teach basic moral lessons, and these probably were carried through oral traditions before being submitted to the writings we now see today.

I believe that is false. I believe it is God telling Moses what He did in creating everything.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Genesis 1 is not meant to be literal science. It is a tale of how the earth, light, life, the oceans, plants, animals, and humans appeared. The purpose is to define time and life on earth and our relationship to it.

It's prescientific, but it was meant to be literal.

It's just that it was written by a people who thought that the heat and light of daytime came mostly from the solid dome of the sky and not so much from the ball of the Sun hanging from the dome.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

No, is says that two great lights were made. There's a different word for sun and moon.

No, the "great light" of the day was the light coming from the "dome" of the sky, which these ancient people didn't realize ultimately came from the Sun.

 

[metis]

I believe that is false. I believe it is God telling Moses what He did in creating everything.

That's called "hearsay", and hearsay is not proof in and of itself.