THE DAY GOD …

Genesis 1

Hope of the Nations

DAY 4�THE DAY GOD MADE A PARENTHETICAL(MABANO) STATEMENT

Hope of the Nations

Class Notes:

¹⁴ Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years. ¹⁵ Let these lights in the sky shine down on the earth.” And that is what happened. ¹⁶ God made two great lights—the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night. He also made the stars. ¹⁷ God set these lights in the sky to light the earth, ¹⁸ to govern the day and night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

¹⁹ And evening passed and morning came, marking the fourth day.

Genesis 1:14-19

¹⁴ Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years. ¹⁵ Let these lights in the sky shine down on the earth.” And that is what happened. ¹⁶ God made two great lights—the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night. (He also made the stars.) ¹⁷ God set these lights in the sky to light the earth, ¹⁸ to govern the day and night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

¹⁹ And evening passed and morning came, marking the fourth day.

Genesis 1:14-19

Let’s take a journey through

the Universe

1 km above

10 km above

1,000 km above

10,000 km above

Journey through the Universe

241,000 km

8 billion km

Journey through the Universe

View looking back to earth

80 light years

1 light year = 9,460,730,472,579 km

(about 9.5 trillion km)

Journey through the Universe

100,000 light years

Journey through the Universe

10,000,000 light years

Journey through the Universe

Large Magellanic Cloud

Small Magellanic Cloud

110,000,000 light years

Journey through the Universe

1,100,000,000 light years

Journey through the Universe

Why did God make all of this?

Journey through the Universe

93,000,000,000 light years

Psalm 19:1

The heavens declare the glory of God;

And the firmament shows His handiwork.

שָׁמַיִם shamayim

heaven, heavens, sky

רָקִיעַ raqiya

Expanse or visible arch of the sky

^{Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years. Let these lights in the sky shine down on the earth.” And that is what happened. God made two great lights—the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night.}

Genesis 1 : 14 - 16 DAY 4

Measurements of Time God Made on Day 4

• Days
• Months
• Years
• Seasons:
• Winter
• Spring
• Summer
• Autumn

O Lady Moon

by Christina Rossetti (1893)

O Lady Moon, your horns point toward the east:

Shine, be increased;

O Lady Moon, your horns point toward the west:

Wane, be at rest.

The Old Testament Holy Days were connected to the celestial calendar

But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-2

Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven. He answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’; and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times. Matthew 16:1-3

Psalm 104:19

You made the moon to mark the seasons,

and the sun knows when to set.

THE DAY GOD …

Hope of the Nations