Genesis 1:16 greater light The “greater light” is a type of Christ, the “Sun of righteousness”

Malachi 4:2. He will take this character at His second advent. Morally the world is now in the state between ; Genesis 1:3-16; Ephesians 6:12; Acts 26:18; 1 Peter 2:9. The sun is not seen, but there is light. Christ is that light John 1:4,5,9 but “shineth in darkness,” comprehended only by faith. As “Son of righteousness” He will dispel all darkness. Dispensationally the Church is in place as the “lesser light,” the moon, reflecting the light of the unseen sun. The stars Genesis 1:16 are individual believers who are “lights” ; Philippians 2:15,16; John 1:5. A type is a divinely purposed illustration of some truth. It may be: (1) a person Romans 5:14 (2) an event 1 Corinthians 10:11 (3) a thing Hebrews 10:20 (4) an institution Hebrews 9:11 (5) a ceremonial 1 Corinthians 5:7 Types occur most frequently in the Pentateuch, but are found, more sparingly, elsewhere. The antitype, or fulfilment of the type, is found, usually, in the New Testament. made The word does not imply a creative act; vs. Genesis 1:14-18 are declarative of function merely.

Verse Reference

 Malachi 4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

Genesis 1:3 – 1:16

  3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

  4 And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

  5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

  6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

  7 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.

  8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

  9 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.

  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.

  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.

  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.

  13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

  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:

  15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

  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.

  Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].

  Acts 26:18 To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

  1Peter 2:9 But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

John 1:4 – 1:5

  4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

  5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

  John 1:9 [That] was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

Philippians 2:15 – 2:16

  15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

  16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

  Romans 5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.

  1 Corinthians 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

Hebrews 10:20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

  1 Corinthians 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

Genesis 1:14 – 1:18

  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:

  15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

  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.

  17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

  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.