On the fourth day:

Gen 1:14 God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
Gen 1:15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth;” and it was so.
Gen 1:16 God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
Gen 1:17 God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,
Gen 1:18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:19 There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

On day two "the expanse of sky" was defined for us as the sky between the waters above and the waters below - the atmosphere below the water vapor canopy. On day four God says "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky."  "The expanse of sky" still means the earth's atmosphere. The "lights" - sun, moon, and stars are not now and never were literally in the earth's atmosphere. Actually, they were all created "in the beginning" and had been there all along as the earth had been. Further, the light and heat on the earth, allowing plant life to grow on day three, is more evidence that the heavenly bodies were already in place. "Night and day" on the first day is more evidence of that, since "night and day" occur due to the motions of the heavenly bodies, which had been underway since "day one."

On day four YHWH caused the "lights" to be "in the expanse of the sky" as "signs."  In other words, He made the heavenly bodies visible in earth's atmosphere on day four. Before that the atmosphere, and the water canopy above, were too dense to distinctly view the heavenly bodies as "signs" - even though the light and darkness of night and day were distinguishable. During day four YHWH apparently thinned out the atmosphere, apparently removing particles from it, making the heavenly bodies visible. Again, creating nothing new, but rather, ordering what already existed into a form more useful for days to come. The work done on this day is very significant, since the heavenly bodies were "set" as "signs" for "seasons (moedim) and for days and years." Moedim means "appointments" and is the very word used later in the Torah to describe the "Appointments of YHWH!" The purpose of YHWH in making the heavenly lights visible is so that we can meet with Him on His Appointments! They were made visible to facilitate fellowship with inhabitants of planet earth who had not yet been made. On day four we start to see what YHWH is doing. He intends to create intelligent life on earth that He can fellowship with! That is His ultimate purpose in His seven days of creating/dividing/ordering the earth! Praise His Name! [Let us consider that our Passover and Unleavened Bread feasts now underway were planned from the founding of the world!]  

Listener (part 2) -   "I was wondering if it could have been Jesus that he created, the Light, as he is the Light of the world."

Tsiyon Answer (part 2) - You are certainly right that Y'shua is "the Light of the world." Further, the days of creation of the physical world all teach spiritual truths about Y'shua, though there is not time or space to go into that here. Suffice it to say that I believe your comment suggests a sense of that truth that Y'shua is the ultimate "Light." But now to the literal question of whether Y'shua was created during the seven days of creation of the world.

The short answer is: no. There are many verses we could point to on this. Here is one.

Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
Joh 1:3 All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.
Joh 1:4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

"The Word" is identified in John as our Y'shua Messiah. John has Genesis 1:1 in mind when he begins his gospel with the words, "in the beginning" - the exact same phrase that starts the book of Genesis. John (Yochanan) says "In the beginning was the Word." This has the sense that "the Word" already "was" when the "beginning" happened. This is re-enforced when John tells us that "All things were made through Him." This places Him as existing before any "thing" was made. This also means that "the Word" is not one of those created "things" that were made through Him. Instead, since before the beginning of creation "the Word was with God, and the Word was God." He is an eternally existing being Who has always been with Father God, and is Himself Devine. Yes, He was fully involved in the creation that we have just been discussing and He Himself is the "Light of men," providing the illumination spark within our spirit by which we reflect and know God. Our Messiah is a man indeed, but he is also our Creator from before "the beginning." This is truly awesome to contemplate and helps us to know Him for who He truly is.

Concluding thoughts from Eliyahu ben David:

We hope you will enjoy our latest program, which is appropriate to the Passover season. All of us here at Tsiyon Radio wish you and yours a very happy and blessed Passover and Unleavened Bread feast!

Shalom,

Eliyahu ben David and Dawn

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