We now come to Day Four of Creation, part one.
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, and for seasons, 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," (Genesis 1:14-15).
What God speaks His spirit makes come to pass. "...And it was so." This declaration of finality is repeated six times in this chapter (verses 7, 9, 11, 15, 24, 30). Afterward, God's Spirit moves on to the next creative work.
One of Christ Jesus' names is Alpha and Omega, representing the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, being the Beginning and the End. His name is not Alpha or Omega; He's both Alpha & Omega at the same time. That is important to understand simply because it means when God begins something He is simultaneously ending something else.
For example, on the Cross Jesus cries out, "It is finished," (John 19:30). He did not say, "I am finished." He completed his earthly assignment only to enter into another dimension of service for His Body. He is our High Priest who ever lives to make intercession for us (Heb. 7:25).
When God's Word declares, "And it was so," the Alpha and Omega is completing something in order to start something new. With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Genesis verses 14-15 and see what God accomplished before stating, "and it was so."
A. "God said, Let there be lights...". We are dealing here with a spoken word of God. This is the second time God is directing light(s) into a specific location. When He first said, "Let there be light" in verse 3, and "THERE" was light. Where was "there"? Answer: into the dark waters over which His Spirit had been hovering face to face above the surface. Where is He now directing multiple lights to go?
B. "...let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven...". So we see that these lights did not go into the waters, but rather, into the heaven.
If you're imagination takes you were mine did, you will automatically assume that these lights in the firmament of the heaven are the stars of heaven. They are not! At least, they are not the "physical stars" that can be seen with the human eye. Stay with me and you'll understand. What is the purpose of these lights being placed in the firmament?
C. "...to divide the day from the night...". Didn't God already separate the day from the night on Day One of Creation? So, why the need to do it again?
Acts 15:18 says, "Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world." God already knows that He is going to make man. The Omniscient One already knows that man is going to fall into darkness and will need light to shine. Man will find himself separated from God and unable to hear the voice of God clearly. God will be "invisible". The Light of God will be incomprehensible. Nevertheless, God was releasing "lights in the firmament of heaven...". Their purpose?
D. "...and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years." Notice that these lights are not for measuring a twenty-four hour period of time. These lights are marking time on earth differently...prophetically and seasonally.
The lights in our world are not just natural, but spiritual. The first part of God's work on Day Four of Creation is in the spoken realm: "God said...". Although God's Word and Light carry the power to make things manifest physically, often times the spoken Word of God does an "unseen" work. Jesus stated that He is building His kingdom within us. We can't see it because the Word of God declares that the kingdom of God does not come with observation because it comes within us (Luke 17:20-22).
Living Light
When God spoke, "Let there be lights..." He was releasing spiritual light and life even as He had released the Christ when He said, "Let there be light" in Genesis 1:3. Christ did not just get here when Jesus was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit overshadowing the Virgin Mary. He was the Spirit of the Lord spoken of throughout the Old Testament. He came upon the prophets of old and empowered them to write holy scriptures and to be His mouthpiece. He was Israel's manifested pillar of fire by night and cloud by day. He did not return unto the Father until after he had received his earthly body ("...a body hast thou prepared me," Hebrews 10:5) and died upon the Cross, and commended His spirit back to the Father.
"And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ," (1 Cor. 10:4).
Christ manifested in various ways to His chosen people, yet He did not have His own body. He has always been Emmanuel, God with us. You need to comprehend this before you can receive the revelations that are coming.
Beloved, I submit to you that the lights that were set in the firmament of heaven to "give light upon the earth" (vs 15) and that are for signs and seasons and days and years, are not the natural, but spiritual lights - even the lights that represent the lives of the children of the Most High God.
We were placed in heavenly places before we were born. Like Jesus, we didn't have a body. God told the prophet Jeremiah,
"Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations," (Jeremiah 1:5).
Jesus makes a profound statement in John 20:21, "...as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you." Even as? Meaning, in the same way in which I was sent into the earth, even so I send you into the earth. Did He not also say in John 17:14, "...they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world."
Are not God's people set in this world to be lights that shine upon it? You are still spiritually seated in heavenly places (Eph. 2:6), even while you live in your season upon the earth. Even in the book of Isaiah do we not hear the prophet saying, "Arise, shine for thy light is come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee" (Isaiah 60:1). "And" is a conjunction joining to separate things: peanut butter and jelly; mashed potatoes and gravy; salt and pepper; thy light and the glory of the Lord.
Does not God give people upon the earth for seasons, signs and wonders? Has He not marked time by the coming and going of certain ones upon the earth at appointed prophetic times? Look at Methusaleh who lived to be 969 years old. As long as he lived, the flood could not come. No man has ever lived longer. God used this man as a sign. In His compassion, he extended the life of Methusaleh longer than any other in order to give men as much time as possible to repent. Nevertheless, man's heart was continually wicked. Methuselah's life was God's "season of mercy". When the life passed, judgment came and the floods were loosed. Moses was a sign. So many of God's people leaders, judges, prophets, etc. were called into the earth to fulfill a certain purpose at a specific time. Their life and their death set specific things in motion. God used the prophet Hosea to marry a harlot and have three children who would each represent a sign to His people Israel even through the names that were chosen for them. Enough. You get the picture.
This may be a lot to meditate on for some. We will not deal with all of Day Four in this blog. Let's wrap up verse 15:
"...and it was so."
By now I believe you're beginning to understand. God concluded the first part of His work on Day Four and emphasized that something had been finished. Therefore, what is about to take place in verses 16 & 17 is not the same work that He just accomplished. We'll break it down in the next blog.
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