| The Book of Genesis | Analysis | | |

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“God said, ‘Let there be light’, and there was light.” What an impressive way for the world to begin. Could you imagine witnessing something so powerful? I know I could imagine witnessing something so dynamic. The book of Genesis starts the creation of the world. It begins off with God, a spirit, creating heaven and earth, who then hovers over an empty and dark place, which he called earth. Hovering over the earth, He says, “Let there be light,” and there was light. Isn’t that very extraordinary? How many people you know can do that? It goes on to say he called the light day and the darkness night, then evening and morning came and that was the first day of creation. Now, its 24 hours in a day and all God did was say, “Let there be light,” I wonder what He did for 23 hours 59mins and 50secs? Then He said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water”, and it happened and he called that vault heaven, and evening and morning came again and that was considered the second day of His creation. See, what is this man doing with the rest of His day? So I’m guessing the next day is the third day? God then goes on to say, “let the waters under heaven be gathered into one place, so that dry land may appear”, and following He said, “Let the earth produce fresh growth, let there be on earth plants bearing seed, fruit trees bearing fruit each with seed according to its kind”, and apparently all that He said appeared. Then evening and morning came around yet again and day three was complete. About time He says more than one thing, but I’m still wondering what He does with the rest of the day. Going into day four of God’s creation, He commands that there be lights in the vault, which is now considered heaven, to separate day from night and request that they serve as signs for both festivals and