“make,” and “form,” respectively, are not used, and this word choice makes sense. God created physical light, that is, electromagnetic radiation, “in the beginning,” when He brought the cosmos into existence. The matter and energy of the cosmos included light. Indeed, light is the dominant form of energy for both the primordial and present-day universe. Remembering Earth’s initial conditions and that the frame of reference for this passage is Earth’s surface, we can comprehend what happened on Day
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