Creation (Days 4 and 5)

And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, and let them be lights in the expanse 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 expanse 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.

Genesis 1:14-19

• What did God create on the fourth day?
• Do you remember what God created on the first day?
• So, if there was no sun or stars until the fourth day, where was the light that God created on the first day come from?

The true light [Jesus] that gives light to every man was coming into the world.

John 1:9

While I [Jesus] am in the world, I am the light of the world.

John 9:5

The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb [Jesus] is its lamp.

Revelation 21:23

Now, I'm not trying to say that God created Jesus, but that God didn't need to create the sun or the stars or the moon for there to be light.

And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky." So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth." And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

Genesis 1:20-23

• What did God create on the fith day?
• If there were things living in the waters and things flying in the sky, what lived on land?