Day 4 of Creation: Sun and Moon Establish Calendar
Day 4 of creation sees God regulating the Sun and Moon to establish our calendar of seasons, days and years
Day 4 of creation is the pivotal day of the seven day week. One would’ve thought that the establishment of day and night on the first day would’ve incorporated what we’re going to see here, but it didn’t, or it wouldn’t have a separate day of its own.
(Origin of the Universe, chapter 8.8)
The sun and the moon are the stars of day 4 of creation in these Bible verses:
Genesis 1:14–19
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night, and let them be for signs (H226), and for seasons (H4150), and for days, and years:
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16 And God made (H6213) two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule…