It began as an area in space, an area consisting of land without form that was covered by water. All was dark. The angels and no other heavenly beings could discern the area. Only God could, the One who created it and was about to make something of it.

God then said, “Let there be light.” And because of His presence, a consuming fire, light was issued upon the area. It didn’t burn anything, though, because the area was good. It was sinless in His presence. Therefore, only the essence of the burning light – Life – lit the area.

Mindful of the health requirements of the mortal inhabitants about to be created – plants, animals, humans, etc. –  God, by the power of His omniscience and omnipotence, cycled and cloaked His brightness where necessary, and divided the area into light and darkness, calling it, respectively, day and night. It was the first day of evening and morning.

Over the next two days, the atmosphere was created and used to divide the water— water above it; water below it. The water below, called seas, was configured so as to allow the land, called earth, to appear and be fashioned into a form. From the land sprang all manner of vegetation.

On the fourth day, God created lights—the sun, moon, and stars—to take over and govern the divide between day and night and between the seasons.

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All of the above is based on Genesis 1: 1-19. I stopped there because within those verses is a question commonly asked; that is, “How could there have been light on the first three days when the sun wasn’t created until the fourth day?

Of course, I wasn’t there. No way do I exactly know how God did what He did. What I’ve described as happening on the first day is nothing more than my imagination musing about that day’s events. Whenever I do something like that, I call it a Gregism.

However, my Gregism is conjured from the facts. You see, God didn’t need the sun the first three days because He, indeed, is a consuming fire (Deuteronomy 4: 24; Hebrews 12: 29).  As a result, 1 John 1: 5 declares that God is light, going on to say that there isn’t a bit of darkness in Him.

Moreover, God’s provision of light will happen again when the new heavens and earth are created. Revelation 22: 5 says this about that time of our immortality— “There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.”

And finally, the facts reveal that life is the essence of the Light. Jesus, our Creator (Colossians 1: 15-17), tells us in John 8: 12— “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”