Biblical Creation of the World
day one
Genesis 1.1-5
King James Version: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was 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. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day."
New American Bible: "In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth and the earth was without form or shape, with darkness over the abyss and a mighty wind sweeping over the waters. Then God said: Let there be light, and there was light. God saw that the light was good. God then separated the light from the darkness. God called the light day, and the darkness he called night. Evening came, and morning followed - the first day."
The answer to whether day one lasted 24 hours or millions of years can be found in the topic How many days did God create the world.
The Bible says plainly: God created the heavens and the earth. There is no room there for the Big Bang or millions of years of evolution, and if you believe in human theories about the creation of the world then at the same time you do not believe in the truthfulness of the Creator, thus putting Him in the role of a liar. A Christian should fully trust in the Lord and reject all human claims if they contradict Scripture. Unfortunately, but the pressure of the world is increasing and a huge part of people accept unbiblical teachings. Belief in the one-day creation of the world is unfashionable, often even ridiculed, but when God is most important to you, you should always stand on the side of truth and not bow to your surroundings. As a reminder: The Bible states - God created the world. There is no room for a hybrid God and a big bang.
Formless and empty - wind sweeping
What was formless and empty? Formless in this sense is the waters that filled the entire earth (land was not created until the third day). It seems problematic to say that there was "wind sweeping over the waters" with darkness over the abyss . Water itself is peaceful. "Wind sweeping" in the physical sense could be huge storms, gales or hurricanes. The wind sweeping could indicate the casting down of rebellious angels along with Lucifer (Satan) to earth. The Bible describes a great battle in heaven and Jesus' banishment of the rebels to our planet. The evil in Lucifer's heart as well as the rebellion of the angels was already underway, God knowing the future could have created the earth just before they were cast down, so that at that time the Son of God would defeat the enemy.
The coming of God can also be heralded by nature in the form of wind, as mentioned in 1 Kings chapter 19.11-13 "And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?" The mere announcement of the presence of the coming God could have caused gales among the vast waters.
Light without the Sun
It seems contradictory to create light on the first day, and only on the fourth day the Sun, Moon and stars. What is the said light that is good?
The Bible does not explicitly explain it, but it is certainly not the sun that was created later that the author of the book wrote about. It would be abnormal to contradict itself, and still in such a short textual interval. At the time of the writing of the Books of Moses, there were apparently no problems with the interpretation of this verse. Helpful may be Paul's 2 Corinthians 4.6, in which we read: "For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ" indicate perhaps that the light is the knowledge of God's glory, which then illuminated the earth as the sun does now. God does not need the Sun to be able to illuminate the Earth and the cosmos, He can do it by His power. Faith in God is the light for us, and abandoning this faith leads us to darkness.
