to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
Light was at first chaos, scattered and confused, but God collected it and made it into several luminaries, both glorious and serviceable. He is a God of order, not confusion, and as He is light, He is the Father of all lights, placing them in the firmament like candles on a golden candlestick to give light to all that dwell below.
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Commenting on Genesis 1:14-19
The sun rules the day, the moon and stars rule the night, this is repeated to fix it firmly in mind and show their true use without letting men overvalue them. They scatter darkness and divide light from night as God ordained. He saw it was good because these lights truly benefit earth's inhabitants, who ought therefore to thank Him and adore His wisdom.
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The atmosphere being purified, the sun, moon, and stars appeared for the first time in all their glory in the cloudless sky, though to our eye they seem to be in the firmament when they are really at vast distances from it.
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Commenting on Genesis 1:14-19