Original Light
“Arise, shine, for
thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee (Isaiah 60:1)”
This section is intended to expound on the wonderful word “light” in scripture.
Cited below are the initial creation words recorded as spoken by the Lord God
Almighty:
“And God said,
Let there be
light: and there was light (Gen. 1:3).”
We understand this verse does not refer to the sun, which was not created until the fourth day (Gen. 1:16). God called the light day and the darkness night (Gen 1:5).
“The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the
sun (Ps. 74:16).”
Paul in later scripture stated:
“Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of
the night, nor of darkness (I Th. 5: 5).”
So we are children of what God called “light” which shines above the brightness of the sun (Acts 26:13).
“For God, who commanded
the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light
of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ (II Cor. 4:6).”
The book of Hebrews tells us that Jesus is the
brightness of the Father's glory and the express image of his person (Heb. 1:3).
And Jesus said:
“I
am the light of the world:
he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of
life Jn. 8:12.
In Psalms we find:
“For with thee is the
fountain of life: in thy light we see light (Ps. 36:9).”
“The entrance of thy words
giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple (Ps. 119:130).”
And the Apostle John waxes eloquently, clearly, and knowledgeably in expounding on Jesus being the
light of life!
“In him was life; and the life was the light of men (Jn. 1:4).”
“That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world
(Jn. 1:9).
“While ye have light, believe in the
light, that ye may be the children of light (Jn. 12:36)”
“I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more
abundantly (Jn. 10:10).
We know that Jesus was with God in the beginning (Jn. 1:2). And that all things in heaven and earth were made by Him (Col. 1:16). And that "without him was not any thing made that was made (Jn. 1:3)." Moreover, He is "the beginning of the creation of God (Rev 3:14)." And also "the way, the truth and the life (Jn. 14:6)." Given this, may it be said there was a glorious connection to and by the Son in Genesis 1:3 at the very creation beginning?
In the end we’ll not need the sun or
moon because of the eternal glorious light of the Father and Son:
‘The sun shall be no more
thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee:
but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory (Is.
60:19).”
“And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of
the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and
ever (Rev 22:5).”
When we have the light of life, we have the Son Jesus Christ. How wonderfully marvelous!