Time as a created thing — this is one of the things that most distinguishes the Biblical worldview from ancient alternatives. The gods were in time; the God of Israel made time.
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That's exactly it — no argument, just declaration. I think that's what faith looks like at its core. Not proved but proclaimed.
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The sun and moon are not named in this verse. Every other ancient creation account names them because they were gods. Genesis strips them of divinity without a single argument. It just describes them as lamps God made. Quiet and devastating.
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In the Hebrew, the very first letter is Bet — the second letter of the alphabet, not the first. The rabbis say this is because the Torah does not begin with Aleph, the first, because some things before creation are beyond us. Humility built into the first word.
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