Question: On which of the six days of Creation did God create light and darkness.
Answer: The first. (Genesis 1:5)
Comments: Though God created light on the first day of creation, the sun and moon were not established until the fourth (Genesis 1:16). There, they are referred to only as "two great lights", presumably downplaying them as most ancients worshiped them. In fact, the sun (Hebrew shemesh) is not mentioned by name in Scripture until Genesis 15:12 nor the moon (yareach) until Genesis 37:9.
Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. (Genesis 1:3, NASB)
Note: This illustration, "Creation of Light", was done by Gustave Doré (1832–1883).
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