Fourth Day -Genesis 1:14-19

Genesis 1:14-19 ESV
And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16 And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. 17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

Genesis 1:14-19
και ειπεν ο θεοσ γενηθητωσαν φωστηρεσ εν τω στερεωματι του ουρανου εισ φαυσιν τησ γησ του διαχωριζειν ανα μεσον τησ ημερασ και ανα μεσον τησ νυκτοσ και εστωσαν εισ σημεια και εισ καιρουσ και εισ ημερασ και εισ ενιαυτουσ 15 και εστωσαν εισ φαυσιν εν τω στερεωματι του ουρανου ωστε φαινειν επι τησ γησ και εγενετο ουτωσ 16 και εποιησεν ο θεοσ τουσ δυο φωστηρασ τουσ μεγαλουσ τον φωστηρα τον μεγαν εισ αρχασ τησ ημερασ και τον φωστηρα τον ελασσω εισ αρχασ τησ νυκτοσ και τουσ αστερασ 17 και εθετο αυτουσ ο θεοσ εν τω στερεωματι του ουρανου ωστε φαινειν επι τησ γησ 18 και αρχειν τησ ημερασ και τησ νυκτοσ και διαχωριζειν ανα μεσον του φωτοσ και ανα μεσον του σκοτουσ και ειδεν ο θεοσ οτι καλον 19 και εγενετο εσπερα και εγενετο πρωι ημερα τεταρτη

The Greek word γενηθητωσαν means God is speaking creation into existence from nothing but the creative intent and will of our creator. It contains the ideas of being born and of creation.

The Hebrew word, h0559. אמר amar; a prim. root; to utter, say:--, from which the ESV translates as "And God said, 'Let there be'", confirms our understanding of existence being due to the Word of God. It is by His word and through His word that the world was made. It is that same word that took on our flesh and entered our midst. That same word has spoken a new word of creation. It has begun in the hearts of new creatures born of the Spirit and who look and long for the consummation of the promise. He Who has begun to reign in our hearts will return to finalize and accomplish His reign on earth.

The heavens, or sky, is adorned with lights, both for the night and day. In verse 16 the lights are said to "rule" their respective times in the ESV. The LXX uses the Greek αρχασ and contains the idea of being first, of headship and preeminence. The greater light is given to the day. The stars fill the sky, only come into view when the night comes.

The earth receives light day and night. It is for signs and seasons, for the keeping of time and days.



Joel 2:30-32
“And I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 32 And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls.

Matthew 2:1-3
1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” 3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;

Matthew 24:29-30
29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Luke 21:25-28
25 “And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, 26 people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 27 And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

Revelation 6:12-14
When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood, 13 and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale. 14 The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.

Deuteronomy 4:19-20
And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven. 20 But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of his own inheritance, as you are this day.

Job 31:26-28
if I have looked at the sun when it shone,
or the moon moving in splendor,
27 and my heart has been secretly enticed,
and my mouth has kissed my hand,
28 this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
for I would have been false to God above.

Psalms 74:16-17
Yours is the day, yours also the night;
you have established the heavenly lights and the sun.
17 You have fixed all the boundaries of the earth;
you have made summer and winter.

Revelation 21:23-27
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. 24 By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it, 25 and its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there. 26 They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. 27 But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.