The Book of Beginnings

Studies in Genesis

Lesson 10 : Genesis 1:14-19 – Paragraph Four: The Fourth Day

THE FOURTH DAY – THE CREATION STORY IS CONSIDERED FROM A GEOCENTRIC VIEWPOINT – DAY FOUR IS DESCRIBED AT LENGTH – COMPARED TO ANCIENT MYTHS – THE THREE FUNCTIONS OF THE LUMINARIES – THE FIRST FUNCTION : TO SEPARATE THE DAY FROM THE NIGHT – THE SECOND FUNCTION: LET THEM BE FOR SIGNS AND SEASONS AND FOR DAYS AND YEARS – THE LORD’S CONCERN FOR THE WELFARE OF MAN – THE STARS AS ‘SIGNS’ – THE THIRD FUNCTION: LET THEM BE LIGHTS IN THE FIRMAMENT TO GIVE LIGHT UPON THE EARTH – THE LUMINARIES WERE NOT CREATED ex nihilo