I have a question for you, but let me tell you right up front that it is a trick question. The question is, "What did God create first?"

If you are like most Bible readers, your mind will immediately jump to the first chapter of Genesis, and then it is a matter of trying to recall which part of the world God called into being first. In case you can't immediately bring that answer to mind, I'll tell you: It was the creation of light. Genesis says that in the beginning, "darkness covered the face of the deep." So as his first step in creating the world, God said, "Let there be light," and, the Bible says, light came into being.

But remember that I said I was asking a trick question, and so light is not the answer I am looking for. My question is a trick one because I did not ask which part…