Light of the World in Genesis : The Days of Genesis are Symbolic of Ages of Time

Religious and uninspired men do not understand the creation account of Genesis. They twist it to mean something quite different than what the author intended.

“These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, And every plant of the field BEFORE it was in the earth, and every herb of the field BEFORE it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.”

We learn on the wrap-up of the creation (Genesis two) on the seventh day that God had not yet formed a man upon the earth:

“And every plant of the field BEFORE it was in the earth, and every herb of the field BEFORE it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.”

The First chapter of Genesis is outlining a seven-day plan that is then executed in Genesis two. Thus it is written by John:

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.”

The Word was already there, before anything was created. Then when the light came out from the Word to be made manifest, God proceeded with the creation. Thus after the declaration of the Sabbath in Genesis chapter one, we see that there still are no plants and no man in the earth, until the Creator begins to move forward his plan in chapter two. The remainder of the book of Genesis is the account of details of what happens during those days of creation in chapter one.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Light came from the word, but was not yet made manifest. Then the light came out and was laid as the foundation of the creation, at the cross of Jesus Christ. This Light shines, and has been creating a new heaven and a new earth, but the creationists do not comprehend it.

A creationist deceiver wrote: “I sense a great blessing for my atheist and diabolical religious friends! […..] God clearly created the heavens and the earth in six literal days.”

You are fixing the length of the day based upon your belief. The Hebrew word translated as DAY is JOWM and it can mean both a literal day and an unspecified time period or an age. The Hebrew JOWM is used much like the English DAY:

  1. In our “day and age”;
  2. Back in the day;
  3. The good old days;
  4. The DAY of the Lord;

None of which mean twenty-four hours.

Even the phrase, “day of the Lord” is referring to a future age, not a literal day of 24 hours.

A creationist wrote: “What’s fascinating is how God worked in the light, and not in the dark.”

Jesus Christ is the light by which the work is done:

“I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is DAY: the night cometh, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

So Jesus is saying his entire time here is one day and he is the light that lights that day. This is the first day of Genesis that Jesus speaks of. That day was approximately three years long (his ministry) and then he ascended to heaven to be with the Father. So here from Jesus Christ we see one day lasted for approximately three years or 26,298 hours. That’s a lot longer than the literal 24-hour days you two men and other creationists propose.

Then Jesus sent the comforter on the day of Pentecost, creating two great lights (the saints and powers) to light both day and night, and lesser lights to mark times and seasons. Jesus did say that his disciples are the “light of the world.” They are the visible lights that proceed from the true light of the Father and Son.

Another creationist wrote: “I agree with you that the six days are literal days. That’s what the words mean. Trying to claim they can be interpreted as longer periods of time is just forcing an alien notion onto it.”

A deceiver replied: “Yep. You take it on what it says or you don’t. As I see it, it is that simple.”

Both creationists believe the days of Genesis are literal 24-hour days. Yet Jesus established his 3-year ministry as a single day, in which he was the light of that long day, before the night came when he left the world.

Wait, there’s more. Jesus Christ is the light of Genesis chapter one. The cross is the Beginning of the creation of God. Jesus is the Lamb slain BEFORE the foundation of the world. Jesus said: “… It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.”

One Christian defines the ‘days’ of Genesis as six periods of twenty-four hours. Then he says, “You take it on what it says or you don’t.” The question is, what does the Spirit say?

How does the Father define days, times, and seasons? Does the Spirit define days literally according to human perception? Absolutely not:

“(Psalms 90:4) For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.”

“(II Peter 3:8) But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”

The Apostle says a thousand years is but a day to the Father. And the word, ‘thousand’ is equally flexible, and is being used as we use the word, ‘zillion’. So how many hours is that long of a day? Zillions?

Jesus says that the length of the days is not absolute:

“(Matthew 24:22) And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be SHORTENED.”

“(Mark 13:20) And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.”

Ergo the Father will shorten days to a period of time less than usual reckoning. So we know God can count a thousand years (or less, or more) as a single day.

“(Job 19:25) For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:”

Herein the phrase, “latter day” means a later age. It is not conveying an exact period of twenty-four hours.

In your zeal to convert Atheists to the philosophy of Creationsism you two men have converted yourselves to medievalism. 😉 Recall the time we call, “the dark ages” of Europe. Those were “dark” days or a “long night.”

The creation of Genesis chapter one is not about zoology. It is about Jesus Christ, and the spiritual heaven and earth being established upon him at the cross. Thus arguing over, or speculating over, the length of the days in Genesis misses the entire point of Genesis–Jesus Christ!

Genesis chapter one began with Jesus Christ. “Let there be light” is in reference to Jesus:

“(John 8:12) Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”

“(2 Corinthians 4:4) In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”

“Let there be light” is about Jesus. This was the Father’s first creative act, to beget his Son from himself. Take note that in Genesis the “Sun” is not created until the 4th day, while the light is the first act of creation, manifest on the first day. There is no sun or moon yet to measure a 24-hour cycle, until the 4th day. This manifestation of the light of the creation is God begetting his Son from out of himself. John the Beloved Apostle tells us exactly this:

“(John 1:1-4) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the LIGHT of men. And the LIGHT shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.”

The philosophy of Creationism is not going to convert atheists to believe the gospel of Jesus Christ. A proper understanding of the first chapters of Genesis might bring them to wonder and seek God.

Once you see that “The Beginning” and “Let there be Light” are Names of God’s Only Begotten Son, you can’t unsee it:

“In the Beginning was the Word.”

“In the Beginning” is a Name, not a time.

Mr. Beginning was the Word (Logos, divine image). And the Word (Mr. Beginning) was with God. And the Word (Mr. Beginning) was God.

John repeats Jesus: “I am Alpha and Omega, the BEGINNING and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.”

John says: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men.”

So Jesus Christ is both the Beginning and the Light.

And Genesis was written about 1500 years before Christ, while being surprisingly accurate in portraying the ages of the past 2000 years since Jesus ascended. If you read Genesis understanding its idioms, you can see it is a series of prophecies concerning Jesus Christ.

These deceivers who wrongly twist the meaning of scripture to suit their own private notions, do not have inspiration guiding them. When confronted with the true light of the gospel they hide behind lies and misinterpretations. They refuse to come to the light of the gospel while pretending to be gospel workers.

The principal characteristic of the ‘day’ is the ‘light’. When it is dark it is night. When the light shines it is day. Truth is light. Error is darkness. The false creationist meaning for the ‘days’ in Genesis are darkness and not light. Because they speak not according to the scripture they have no light:

“To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no LIGHT in them.” (Isaiah 8:20)

Some of the “days” of Genesis are very long ages. The Bible is replete with examples of a ‘day’ referring to a time period much longer than twenty-four hours or even a single year. Jesus is both the Beginning of Genesis and the Ending, or the Seventh Day of Rest. His Father was working (creating) while Jesus walked among men:

“I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

The work Jesus is referring to is the creation (the Word) in Genesis chapter one. This is how Jesus Christ is creating a new heaven and a new earth, according as his Father declared it in Genesis. It is day while Jesus is in the world, and so the work of creation is done in the day.

Jesus is the Tree of Life planted in Eden:

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.”

Thus the appearance of Jesus among men is the commencement of the creation in Genesis chapter two, where it is written that God would plant the Tree of Life in the midst of the nations. The ‘days’ of Genesis chapter one are long ages of time in which God is working. That work began at the cross. This is why Jesus is called the Lamb slain BEFORE the foundation of the world.

Jesus is Lord of Light and Lord of the Sabbath. If you can’t see Jesus in the first ‘day’ of the Genesis creation then flip the night switch and see the light.

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(Author of the BBQ Translation of the Brimstone Bible)