Originally Posted by chette777

if there was one creation why does the earth appear in vs 1 heaven and earth and then he calls forth light to come upon a earth that is in darkness. darkness denotes something that is not of God. for in him is no darkness at all. the second day of recreation he had to place firmament around our universe to separate the sinful darkness that had engulfed the earth (that was not there since the begining of time when the earth was in the heaven) from a Holy God and his dwelling place you will notice it is the only day God does not say it is good. for anyhting that separates from God is not Good and sin is one thing that separates all men from God, and the believer he is separated by not yielding to God.

so what your saying from the beginning God created something that he would not pronounce as good and separates men from Gods abode. I think not the reason for the darkness on the earth and the firmament being put in place was to put a limit on how far sin could go and not invade the holiness of God. In wisdom he did that.