Yes, God is light, but “darkness was upon the face of the deep” until He created light, then three days later He created the source of light.
.... The LORD God is LIGHT.
Not light caused by something HE created.
HE is LIGHT.
The darkness and then the light created by the Sun and the Moon are only for our specific needs the HE knew would be needed.
Yes, God is light, but “darkness was upon the face of the deep” until He created light, then three days later He created the source of light.
In beginning God created the heaven and the earth and the earth was (became) without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
In the beginning God’s creation was perfect but something happened to make the earth become without form and void and darkness; the first rebellion in heaven when Lucifer and a third of the angels were cast out. Then God began to restore order in the universe. Many ancient religions believed that there was a period of chaos before order was restored.
Time and space were created in the Big Bang, 13.7 billion years ago. The universe was a superheated plasma (waters of the deep). 380,000 years after the Big Bang the universe became transparent to light (let there be light) because electrons could bind with protons to form hydrogen (the great recombination). ~100 million years later the first stars formed, super massive blue giants that quickly exploded and seeded the universe with life giving elements.
Galaxies formed later with super massive black holes at their centers (formed through direct collapse). Quasars to Seyferts to spirals to ellipticals. Stars began to become more metal rich from supernovae and neutron star mergers. Our solar system was the result of fine tuned developments in the universe. The earth was placed at the precise location so that life would proliferate. The earth’s magnetic field protected life from harmful solar and cosmic rays. The moon, which came out of the earth, keeps the earth’s tilt at a constant 23.5 degrees. Solar radiance peaks in the visible range of the electromagnetic spectrum, precisely where water is most transparent to light (an inherent property of water). Thousands of planets have been discovered orbiting host stars but none are exactly like earth. The fine tuning in nature is obvious to me.
And God said “let there be light.”
Genesis 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.Some things were created and other things were made. Look at Genesis 1. Three times God created but since God is light, light was neither created nor made. Since God is omnipresent, darkness did not exist.
Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.Peace and light existed but Darkness and evil did not exist.