The darkness that existed in the beginning (Genesis 1:1) was the darkness of a complete absence of light. The darkness that came at the evening of the first day was a created darkness.
What was the Darkness?
The Third Day
As we build Matty's Paradigm we find an amazing opportunity to account for a lot of scriptural oddities that are a problem for Creationism and Flat Earthers alike.
The Second Day
On the second day the formless watery mass of the deep, which teemed with life created on the first day, was ordered. The ordering was to fulfill the requirement for a permanent separation of light and dark.On the second day the formless mass of the deep, which teemed with life created on the first day, was ordered. The ordering was to fulfill the requirement for a permanent separation of light and dark.