Why we take it literally.

[alanmolstad]

Originally Posted by tdidymas

Give us a hermeneutic that proves what the great lights are. ....

"Hermeneutics" = is the theory of text interpretation, especially the interpretation of biblical texts.


Here you go Tdidymas....
The "light" of the 1st day is the very same "light" talked about on the 4th day.

The light is the same.....

So if the light is the very same light that we have already talked about on the 1st day, what is so different now on the 4th?

The answer is found in what we read about the light on the 4th day..
Thats all we have to do to learn the answer...Just read the text!


It's than simple.

Just read the text as it appears and dont feel the need to twist the text into saying things that dont appear .

For what we read is that there is now a "greater" light...and a "lessor" light.


So the light of the 4th day and the 1st day is the same light, but the "AMOUNT" of light seen on the earth is now changed!


The source is still the same source.
The source for the light on the 1st day is the same source on the 4th day, AND (You are going to want to pay attention to this next part).......and its the very same source for the same light we see today!

The source for the Light never changed from Genesis 1:1 to today .
The source is still the same.

But on the 4th day we do now find that the "AMOUNT" of light is said to now have changed.