Light

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. – Genesis 1.3-4

Near the end of Revelation we saw that in the new heavens and the new earth there will be no need for the sun because the whole place will be illuminated by the glory of God. He now, back at the beginning, we see the first words that God’s speaks are ‘let there be light.’ And then there was light.

I am not sure how to explain this, but I think this pre-sun light had something to do with the same glory of God. I think that because, after all, God is light. Jesus is the light of the world. His light illuminated the world before the sun and will illuminate the new heave and new earth after the sun.

Genesis 1 and John 1 remind me of each other. They both start with ‘in the beginning’ and they both have light coming into the darkness. Both draw the clear line between the darkness that exists without God and the light that comes because of Him.

God is light, and Him there is no darkness at all. He gave the world physical light at creation, but because of Adam and Eve’s sin the world was plunged into darkness. One day that original light will be restored.

But now God offers the light of the gospel to all who will receive it. But, sadly, men love darkness more than they love light. It is our job to shine as the light in a dark world to draw men to the true Light.