Genesis 1:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Bible Comments

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. The Creator brought into being light bodies of the sky, assigning to them a threefold function: to show the distinction between day and night, to serve as indicators or means for men, enabling them to distinguish between the two divisions of the full day; to serve for signs, not only as in the case of ordinary eclipses, but also as omens extraordinary; and to fix the calendar of the world in general. And not only that:

Genesis 1:14

14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the dayd from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: