YB-3003

Genesis 1 : 16-17
Size: 38×47cm
Material: silk thread

上帝創造日與月

黑暗，總是令人驚懼；黑暗，總是令人不安！黑暗，總是透著幾許不祥之兆，喚醒潛藏人類心靈的幽黯意識，各樣魑魅從四面八方蜂湧襲擊的聯想蠢蠢欲動。黑暗，伸手不見五指，看不見前路，深恐只要向前踏出一步，就跌入萬劫不復的淵藪！
然而，在創世之初，神就造了兩個大光，大的管晝，稱為「日」，小的管夜，名為「月」，又造眾星，就把這些光擺列在天空，普照在地上。
於是，蘊育生命大地有了光亮。白晝，日頭如神的雲柱，指引方向；夜晚，月亮如神的火柱，驅走幢幢暗影，帶來迎接另一光燦白日的盼望。
白日，太陽必不傷你；夜間，月亮必不害你。創造萬物、賜予生命的神，應許保護我們；或出或入，祂要保護我們免受災害，從今時直到永遠。

God Creates Day and Night

Genesis  1 : 16-17

Darkness always brings fear.  It is unsettling and foreboding.  It awakens every subconscious fear in human beings.  Ghosts and nightmares come out of hiding.  Darkness makes it impossible to see what is right under our noses.  We don’t know if we are stepping off a cliff with our next step.

However, God created two sources of light at the dawn of creation – one to guide us during the day and the other to illuminate our paths at night.  God called one Sun and the other Moon.  God also created the stars.  Then, God placed all these bright stars in the sky to illuminate the whole earth.

Hence, all living creatures on earth had light.  During the day, the sun led the way as though it were God’s pillar of cloud.  At night, the moon cast away total darkness as though it were God’s bright torch.  It was a source of hope and anticipation for a new day coming soon.

The sun will not harm you by day, or the moon by night.  The Creator of the universe and of life promises to protect us.  God knows when we go and when we come back.  Our Creator will protect us from all danger – from now until forevermore.