BRINGING
LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS
03-21-21
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THERE
WAS DARKNESS, AND THEN THERE WAS LIGHT
(Gen
1:1-3) In the beginning God
[God is Thought] created the heaven and the earth. And the
earth was without form, and void; and darkness [1]
was
upon the face [(anthropomorphism)] of the deep [2].
And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And
God said, Let
there be light: and there was light [3]. [Who
was/is that light?]
1.
darkness
= Heb: the dark: fig. misery, destruction, death, ignorance,
sorrow, wickedness.
a.
anthropomorphism
= Dict: 1. The attributing of human shape or characteristics to a god,
animal,
or inanimate thing.
2.
the
deep = Heb: an abyss (a surging mass of water).
a.
Commentary:
a surging mass of disobedient fallen angels, fallen
spirits, fallen
thoughts: picture an immensely thick dark swirling mass of
winding
twisting writhing snakes, myriad symbols of evil deceiving
Satanic
thoughts that cannot discern between good and evil.
3.
light
= Heb: illumination [knowledge and understanding] (in
every
sense, including happiness).
a.
(Isa
45:7) I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and
create evil: I
the LORD do all these things.
b.
(John
8:12) Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am
[the Bible: John 1:14] the light of the world
[Gk: kosmos;
“cosmos” orderly arrangement] [i]: he that followeth me [that
follows the light] shall not walk in darkness, but shall
have the
[everlasting] light of life.
i.
cosmos
= Dict: 1. The universe
considered as a harmonious and orderly system.
ii.
Commentary:
His Light is permanent,
eternal; His Light is revelations (rhema).
1.
(Rom
11:29) For the gifts [i.e., revelations] and
calling of
God are without repentance [Gk: irrevocable:
not to be
repented of].
4.
(Psa
18:28) For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will
enlighten
my darkness.
5.
(1
Pet 2:9) But ye are a chosen generation [a], a
royal
priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that
ye should
shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness
[“Let
there be light:”] into his marvellous light [“and
there
was light.” Gen 1:3]:
a.
(Matt
1:17) So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen
generations;
and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen
generations;
and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are
fourteen
generations.
i.
Commentary:
Upon a careful
count of this genealogical table (Matt 1:1-17), one will perceive that “Jesus”
is the thirteenth generation, and that “Christ” is the
fourteenth
generation. The Christ generation is a spiritual generation,
consisting exclusively of all saved born-again imputed for
righteousness
persons, that extends from the time of Jesus up to now, and yet into
the
future. We are part of that fourteenth “spirit generation.”
6.
(Eccl
12:7) Then shall the dust [“God formed man of the
dust
of the ground” Gen 2:7] return to the earth as
it was: and
the spirit [i.e., the “angels” Psa 104:4; Heb 1:7]
shall
return [one cannot “return” to a place where one has never
been]
unto God [in Heaven] who gave it.
BRINGING
LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS
(John
3:1-3) There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a
ruler of the
Jews: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him,
Rabbi, we
know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these
miracles
that thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered and said unto
him,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again
[Gk:
from above; (by analogy) from the first: from the beginning
(very first)
/// on the top], he cannot see [Gk: understand]
the
kingdom of God [interchangeable with: “the kingdom of
Heaven” (Matt
19:23,24)].
BECOME
ENLIGHTENED
BECOME
BORN AGAIN
(Rom
10:8-10) But what saith it? The word [Gk: rhema;
revelation]
is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the
word
[Gk: rhema; revelation] of faith [Gk:
belief],
which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
Lord
Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised
him from
the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man
believeth
unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Amen