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In Genesis 1:3 it says,
"And God said let there be light and there was light."

It was day 1.

In Genesis 1:6 it says,
"And God made two great lights, the greater light
to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night,
He also made stars."

cont

It was day 4.

So if God didn't create the Sun and moon until day 4,
what was the light
He created on day 1?

Also, evenings and mornings are determined by the rising and setting of the sun
are they not?

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But if the sun was not
created until the fourth day
then what determined
the days before that?

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Answer to Question

The answer lies in the
comparison of the Hebrew
language in Genesis 1:3
with that of Genesis 1:16.

cont

In the first instance the
word for light is owr
which means light.

In the second it's mowr
which is a light repository,
literally a candle stick
or chandelier.

So God created the light
on day 1
and separated it from the darkness, permitting the
distinction between day and night.

Then He gathered the light
into one location (the Sun)
on day 4,
where it's been ever since.

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Remember, the Moon only
reflects light from the Sun,
it doesn't generate any
light itself.

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cont

Evenings and mornings
are not really created
by the rising and setting
of the Sun.

They're created by the
rotation of the Earth
on it's axis, any given area
spinning into and out
of the path of the light
every 24 hours.

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