Lights in the Vault: Genesis 1:14-19

God spoke into the expanse: "Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth."

And the heavens ignited.

The sun blazed into existence—a nuclear furnace of unimaginable power, ninety-three million miles away, yet close enough to warm skin and ripen fruit. The greater light to govern the day, hanging in the vault of sky like a burning throne.

The moon rose to govern the night—silver and cool, reflecting borrowed glory, pulling tides and marking months, a nightlight for a world that would soon need comfort in the darkness.