A story of hope makes sense only to those who first know the story of hopelessness.
“I will fix this” is a message for those who know brokenness.
Light makes sense in the context of darkness.
But this is not the same as “first, know you are a sinner.”
Genesis 1, which sets up the proper order of things, doesn’t blame the creation for its own darkness, or the land for its barrenness.
It simply acknowledges that it is. And then God fixes it: Light and Life.