Then God said, let there be light and there was
light and God saw that the light was good. Then
he separated the light from the darkness. I was
reading Genesis 1, 3 through 4. Welcome to One
Minute Through the Bible written and created
by Alton Spooner. Continuing on in the first
chapter of Genesis and drawing insights from
the creation story. Separation or division? may
at times carry a negative connotation. Keeping
things apart and in their place may not seem
right on the surface, yet you never fully understand
a thing if it is not isolated from another thing.
So separation highlights distinction. Animated
qualities are highlighted when they are separated
from other objects. So when light comes into
existence by the word of God, by his royal decree.
Light had to be separated, its distinct attributes
were made to stand out. This should sound very
familiar to a follower of Christ, by being separated
just like light from darkness. Your distinct
nature is highlighted for all the world to see.
In addition, separation is often a preclusion
to order. Separation fosters order. Like two
boxes are separated by an umpire to properly
control a boxing match. which leads us to see
in Genesis chapter 1 verse 3 conveys God's wisdom,
placed from the very beginning that order should
be a chief principle in the universe. From the
very beginning mankind is told by Moses that
our God commands, designs and arranges his universe
in a matter that separates things in a particular
way that gives them distinction and adds order.
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