How to understand the light made by God in the first day? Where did the light come from? That's well known: God made the sun, the moon and the stars in the fourth day, but he already created the light in the first day, obviously, this light in the first three days did not come from the sun, moon and stars, please explain to me, where did the light come from?A friend of mine had asked this question to a chinese professor well versed in the Bible, the professor answered him, God is a smoker in the first three days, when he was smoking, his cigarette was burning and lighting, this was the Day; when he did not smoke, that was the Night; on the fourth day, God had quitted smoking, and made the sun, moon and stars to rule the day and night. I am not satisfied with this saying, maybe the professor was just advising my friends to quit smoking, so said the joke to him. Please give me a better answer about this question.Genesis 01:01 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 01:02 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 01:03 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 01:04 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 01:05 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. 01:06 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 01:07 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 01:08 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. 01:09 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 01:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. 01:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 01:12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 01:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day. 01:14 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: 01:15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 01:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 01:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 01:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 01:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.Should all use the past tense above. (My bad in grammar - "God is a smoker in the first three days.") Correction: God was a smoker in the first three days.Thanks a lot, Sergey, Denis, Arucard303, Peachey, Eliot, Miss Kaly and 一. Perhaps Sergey and Denis are right, - Only God can answer this question. Human beings always try to understand the things only God can know, but that's impossible. Although God made human beings in his image and likeness, and let us have dominion over other life upon the earth, but we are not omnipotent. Just as the following paradox question of the stone which according to humans‘ own logic: "Can God create a stone so heavy that he cannot lift it?" http://www.existence-of-god.com/paradox-of-the-stone.html http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1034253 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnipotence_paradox Arucard303 attempted to explain it from the Bible is written by humans, and there always were some wrongs in the records by humans, this is really a bright idea. Peachey attempted to explain it literally from the Bible, that had given me a good inspiration. Eliot and Kaly attempted to explain it to me with some similar things in Chinese culture, also had greatly inspired me. As an atheist in a communist country, 一 raised a pointed question: "Why did God make so many atheists such as me?!" I am much obliged to everyone for helping me!From a non-Communist country, johnboon49 also thanks God for making him as an atheist.