How old is our world? A biblical timeline.

[Churchgoer]

Note in day 1, it was heaven, earth, water, light. No light objects.

So I would doubt day 1 is same as today one day.

Also maybe some experts can help me. On day 1, God separate the light and darkness. I wonder is that a time separation or spacial separation? If that light in day 1 is God, how did it work? If that light is not God, how did it work.
The early days not very easy to grasp.

 

[Aaron56]

Note in day 1, it was heaven, earth, water, light. No light objects.

So I would doubt day 1 is same as today one day.

Yeah, sources of light did not appear until day 4. We should ask the question "Then what was the light and from where did it come?"

"It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, But the glory of kings is to search out a matter."

 

[Dino246]

Yeah, it should lead to the question "What is this the beginning of?" Some people envision an earth without people. Or an earth without light. Yet, the reality was an earth without form, an earth that was void. There is nothing physically measurable, here, to the human senses.

Another legitimate interpretation of “without form and void” is “featureless and without inhabitants”. The surface was undifferentiated water.

 

[Churchgoer]

This is a great topic. Hopefully we can learn something new .

 

[Aaron56]

Another legitimate interpretation of “without form and void” is “featureless and without inhabitants”. The surface was undifferentiated water.

Perhaps. We shouldn't discount it.

Isn't it interesting water is mentioned without any apparent use of it? And light but without a source the earth is accustomed to?

 

[Aaron56]

Consider that the whole of creation was made to accommodate the entire estate of Christ...

"For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him."

..so that whatever was made was designed ultimately for the purposes of God, in Christ His Son...

"...but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world."

This is the mystery of "Let there be light!".. it is how the invisible God becomes visible. It is the beginning of "In the beginning...". The point is: creation was not an arbitrary matter that required an explanation so man could understand it. No, it was specifically designed for the purpose of putting on display the nature of the invisible God, with Christ as the template of all things:

"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation..."

A follow-up inquiry may be "How can someone Who is invisible (God) have an image (Christ)?"

 

[Dino246]

Perhaps. We shouldn't discount it.

Isn't it interesting water is mentioned without any apparent use of it? And light but without a source the earth is accustomed to?

With regard to water, why would a “use” matter?

 

[Aaron56]

With regard to water, why would a “use” matter?

Consider also: water is often synonymous with the word of God.

 

[OMC]

Also maybe some experts can help me. On day 1, God separate the light and darkness. I wonder is that a time separation or spacial separation? If that light in day 1 is God, how did it work? If that light is not God, how did it work.
The early days not very easy to grasp.

Personally, I think the safest position is to say that God created light on Day 1, separated it from darkness, and established the distinction called day and night.
Exactly how that functioned before Day 4 is not fully explained in the text.
The early days of Genesis are definitely not easy to grasp.
Sometimes the text tells us what God did without explaining all the mechanics of how He did it