Believers are "sons of light" ( John 12:36 ; Eph 5:8 ; 1 Thess 5:5 ). the offspring of the divine command ( Genesis 1:3 ). phos [fw'"]). Bible Dictionaries - Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Light, Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Bible Dictionaries - Easton's Bible Dictionary - Light, Encyclopedias - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Light, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn (Isaiah 60:1-3). Jack Zavada. First, a quick story. It is called “The Priestly Blessing” and scripture directly quotes God’s words. When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him (Exodus 34: 29-30). When the appalling plague of "thick darkness," for three days, enveloped the Egyptians, terrified and rendered them helpless, "all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings" (Exodus 10:23). In Ephesians, Christ, who is the Light of the world, is the Head of the church, the latter being His body through which His glory is to be manifested to the world, "to make all men see," etc. The fact that Genesis talks about light existing before the appearance of the sun, moon, and stars seem rather to be evidence of divine authorship of the Bible. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowlInstead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. Last week we saw from verses 3 and 4 that John makes the message of Christ (call it theology, or doctrine) the basis of all significant Christian fellowship. The Bible warns us that there is a false light, and that light is Satan. Light. I've Been Banned By Twitter. In order to create and nurture deep Christian fellowship you have to talk about who you think Christ is and what he taught. It is the task of all believers to pass on the divine light they have received. Darkness evokes everything that is anti-God: the wicked ( Prov 2:13 ), judgment ( Exod 10:21 ), death ( Psalm 88:12 ). When natural light fails, man by discovery or invention provides himself with some temporary substitute, however dim and inadequate. God’s words would have resonated with Moses and his brother Aaron (the first Jewish High Priest) because they witnessed how the Lord can “make his face shine on you.”. Christ, the eternal Word (logos, John 1:1), who said "Let there be light" (Genesis 1:3), is Himself the "effulgence of (God's) glory" (Hebrews 1:3), "the light which lighteth every man, coming into the world" (John 1:9) (compare the statements concerning Wisdom in The Wisdom of Solomon 7:25 f and concerning Christ in Hebrews 1:3; and see CREEDS; LOGOS; JOHANNINE THEOLOGY; WISDOM). The Hebrews had a way of "doubling-up" or "doubling-over" a word, a term, a phrase, so that one would emphasize the other, despite both meaning essentially the same thing. Heb. In the Bible, light is closely associated with the Deity.The Bible teaches that “God is light, and in him is no darkness at all” (1 John 1:5). Author’s Note: Interested readers can find all previous volumes of this series here. The Word of God is also called the Light … Light was the first thing created and among the first words spoken by God that were written in Scripture: "Let there be light!" It is significant that this pre-Christian prophet was termed luchnos, while the disciples of the new dispensation are called phos (Matthew 5:14): "Ye are the light of the world.". The translation "are made manifest" is indeed fully in accordance with the common usage of the word. He is the source of all power and love. Whether the darkness was due to a Divinely-ordered natural cause or the light was the natural light of day, the process that preserved the interspersed Israelites from the encompassing darkness was supernatural. Article Images Copyright © 2021 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated.