Gen 1:14-19 | KingComments | STEP | The fourth day we can connect with the first day. On the first day the light is created; on the fourth day God makes the celestial bodies or light bearers. In that the sun not only provides light, but also warmth. The celestial bodies are subject to God and are known by name by Him ( ). They should never be worshiped ( ). Here again there is a separation that God makes. The lights are also signs of God’s greatness. He proposes them to determine the timeframe in days and years and regularly recurring periods in nature and the cycle of feasts in Israel. In the spiritual development of the converted the fourth day is the stage of light bearing in the world. The sun represents the Lord Jesus ( ). He is “the Light of the world” ( ). The believer is “Light in the Lord” ( ) and “the light of the world” ( ). The moon shines in the night. He gets his light from the sun. So it is with the believer. It is night in the world. In this the believer may pass on the light of the sun, the Lord Jesus. Stars also shine at night. God’s children shine like light bearers in the world, “in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation” ( ). Do people see in us the difference between day and night, and can they perceive in us something of God’s greatness and how He reigns things in the world events?

‏ Genesis 1:14-19

The Fourth Day

The fourth day we can connect with the first day. On the first day the light is created; on the fourth day God makes the celestial bodies or light bearers. In that the sun not only provides light, but also warmth. The celestial bodies are subject to God and are known by name by Him (Isa 40:26). They should never be worshiped (Deu 4:19 ; Deu 17:3).

Here again there is a separation that God makes. The lights are also signs of God’s greatness. He proposes them to determine the timeframe in days and years and regularly recurring periods in nature and the cycle of feasts in Israel.

In the spiritual development of the converted the fourth day is the stage of light bearing in the world. The sun represents the Lord Jesus (Mal 4:2a). He is “the Light of the world” (Jn 8:12a). The believer is “Light in the Lord” (Eph 5:8b) and “the light of the world” (Mt 5:14a). The moon shines in the night. He gets his light from the sun. So it is with the believer. It is night in the world. In this the believer may pass on the light of the sun, the Lord Jesus. Stars also shine at night. God’s children shine like light bearers in the world, “in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation” (Phil 2:15).

Do people see in us the difference between day and night, and can they perceive in us something of God’s greatness and how He reigns things in the world events?