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[[image:dna2w.jpg | [[image:dna2w.jpg|150px|right|thumb|The division of light and dark remains a [[Mysteries]] to those who substitute [[Ideology|ideologies]] and the [[doctrines of men]] for the [[righteousness]] of God and choose the false security of the darkness and hide from the truth of our own rebellion and sin. ]] | ||
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Most commentaries agree that this verse was about blocking "the way that led to the tree of life". | Most commentaries agree that this verse was about blocking "[[the way]] that led to the [[tree of life]]". | ||
How did it block? | How did it block and how does it block us today from the tree of life? | ||
How does it comfort us as we sit in darkness today | |||
What might unblock that way so that men might obtain [[Eternal life|life everlasting]]? | What might unblock that way so that men might obtain [[Eternal life|life everlasting]]? | ||
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The Bible often talks about those who sit in darkness. And the way back to life remains hidden to those who choose the dark over the light. | The Bible often talks about those who sit in darkness. And the way back to life remains hidden to those who choose the dark over the light. | ||
Why would | Why would they choose to remain in darkness? | ||
What in the darkness binds them? | What in the darkness binds them? | ||
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* [[Luke 1]]:79 "To give light to them that sit in [[darkness]] and [in] the shadow of death, to guide our feet into [[the way]] of [[peace]]." | * [[Luke 1]]:79 "To give light to them that sit in [[darkness]] and [in] the shadow of death, to guide our feet into [[the way]] of [[peace]]." | ||
Christ came that we [[might be saved]]. If we [[seek]] the [[kingdom of God]] and His [[righteousness]] might that way back to [[Eternal life]] be unblock? | |||
Can we learn to walk in the light through [[prayer]] and [[fasting]], [[confess|confession]] and [[repentance]]? | |||
* [[Matthew 4]]:16 "The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up." | * [[Matthew 4]]:16 "The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up." | ||
At the beginning of sin man hid from God and lost his own identity given by God. Are we willing to see the truth of our own sin in the light that is sprung up and recorded in scripture? | |||
== Darkness and light == | == Darkness and light == | ||
[[John 9]]:41 Jesus said unto them, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.'''</span><Ref name="Blindlead'">{{Blindlead}}</Ref> | [[John 9]]:41 "Jesus said unto them, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.'''</span><Ref name="Blindlead'">{{Blindlead}}</Ref> | ||
Darkness is the absence of light as a lie is the rejection of the whole truth. | [[Darkness]] is the absence of light as a lie is the rejection of the whole truth. | ||
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"This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." [[1 John 1]]:5 </blockquote> | "This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the [[blood]] of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." [[1 John 1]]:5 </blockquote> | ||
Darkness has no power against the light except what it can take through deception. | [[Darkness]] has no power against the light except what it can influence and take through deception that lives in the dark. | ||
"Do we drive out darkness with more darkness or with the light?" See [[Stoning]] | "Do we drive out darkness with more darkness or with the light?" See [[Stoning]] | ||
[[Evil]] is what occurs in the absence of [[love]] of [[Christ]] who is [[the way]], the [[truth]] and the [[light]]. | [[Evil]] is what occurs in the absence of the [[love]] of [[Christ]] who is [[the way]], the [[truth]] and the [[light]]. | ||
All the problems of the world come from our individual acceptance of the lie. | |||
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You are not [[born again]] if you still deny the [[truth]] and [[the way]] of [[righteousness]] and [[love]] the [[wages of unrighteousness]]. | You are not [[born again]] if you still are doing the works of iniquity. If you deny the [[truth]] and [[the way]] of [[righteousness]] and [[love]] the [[wages of unrighteousness]]. | ||
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" | "And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil." [[John 3]]:19 | ||
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People do not want to see their own [[evil]], their own [[sin]], so they hide in the [[darkness]]. The avoid the pain of seeing the darkness of their own heart they flee into the ''shadow of death'' finding comfort in their own [[Ideology|ideologies]] and [[doctrines of men|doctrines]]. | |||
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"For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved." [[John 3]]:20 | |||
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Do the people stive to do [[righteousness]]? | |||
Will they walk [[the way]] of [[peace]] with their neighbor or do they [[covet]] instituting the rule of [[Force|force]]? | |||
Will they [[confess]] the [[Balaam|error of Balaam]] or continue in the way of the [[Nicolaitan]]? | |||
When they see their [[sin]] can they [[forgive]] the sins of others? | |||
If they confirm to their the [[doctrines of men]] and deny the God of their fathers with rebellious hearts and pride they will remain blind sitting in darkness under the shadow of death. | |||
Without God the Father they will unknowingly accept the '''father of [[darkness]]''' and serve his [[synagogues]] of [[Satan]]<Ref name="satanway">{{satanway}}</Ref> and [[modern Church|modern churches]] of [[apostasy]]. | |||
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"But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God." [[John 3]]:21 | |||
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The [[Leaven]] of [[Herod]] and the [[Pharisees]] led the people into [[darkness]] and their [[Corban]] that made the [[word of God]] to none effect. It is [[the way]] of Christ and the [[Corban of Christ]] that leads to the light of [[salvation]] and [[eternal life]]. | |||
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"In [[truth]], it has been the our abandonment of the [[righteousness]] of God's [[one form of government]] for the [[wages of unrighteousness]] and [[dainties]] of [[rulers]], [[fathers]] of the earth and [[benefactors]] who [[exercise authority]] in and of the [[world]] that has made us blind and vulnerable to the [[despotism|despotic]] spirits of [[darkness]], like the "[[Corban]] of the [[Pharisees]] that has made the word of God to none effect"." | |||
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You may have to be a friend to the unrighteous [[mammon]] for a season but you should not [[cult]]ivate an [[appetite]] for the [[dainties]] of [[ruler]]s, nor pray to the men who call themselves [[benefactor]] for their "[[free bread]]". | |||
For those [[covetous practices]] are a [[snare]] for the body and the soul which will [[degenerate]] the [[masses]] and ''in the [[darkness]] bind them'' giving rise to [[tyranny]]. | |||
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"[[Polybius]] warned the [[Masses]] of having an [[appetite]] for [[benefits]] of rulers in 150 BC. But Proverbs warned about the same danger from the [[Knife|Dainties of rulers]] even earlier than that. David and Paul warned us of the [[tables]] of those men who [[exercise authority]] one over the other. In fact, [[John the Baptist]], [[Jesus]] the [[Christ]], and all the apostles gave us similar [[warnings]]. The only one who is not warning us is the [[Modern Church]] who should have provided the table of Christ through a [[daily ministration]] of [[Charity]] through the practice of [[Pure Religion]] and the [[perfect law of liberty]]." [[Termination of parental rights]] | "[[Polybius]] warned the [[Masses]] of having an [[appetite]] for [[benefits]] of rulers in 150 BC. But Proverbs warned about the same danger from the [[Knife|Dainties of rulers]] even earlier than that. David and Paul warned us of the [[tables]] of those men who [[exercise authority]] one over the other. In fact, [[John the Baptist]], [[Jesus]] the [[Christ]], and all the apostles gave us similar [[warnings]]. The only one who is not warning us is the [[Modern Church]] who should have provided the table of Christ through a [[daily ministration]] of [[Charity]] through the practice of [[Pure Religion]] and the [[perfect law of liberty]]." [[Termination of parental rights]] | ||
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== The | == The dialectic of darkness == | ||
[[File:dialecticeyes.jpg|right|290px|thumb|"Creating opposing sides forms a ''[[dialectic]]'' framework to guide the thoughts and actions of society." That which promotes conflict seeks influence, if not absolute control. It does not matter if which side you pick, only that you participate in the [[dialectic]] of [[darkness]], judging one another. ]] | |||
In the darkness of the [[world]] there is a sense of loss of purpose and therefore a loss of identity. | |||
That which offers an identity and a sense of purpose obtains a measure of control over the [[person]]. | |||
Join a religion, a gang, a country, a side. | |||
== The darkness of denial== | == The darkness of denial== | ||
Latest revision as of 10:10, 13 March 2025
Darkness
There are many references to darkness in the Bible. One of the common Hebrew words for darkness is choshek[1] appearing more than 70 times.
Where things are without form or void what remains is called darkness.[2]
Light is said to be good but where there is darkness there is no light for they are distinctively separated.[3]
While light is called good and the division of light and dark are also good, darkness is neither good nor evil for there is light and the absence of light which we call darkness.
Where light goes darkness cannot exist.
- Genesis 3:24 "So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims,[4] and a flaming[5] sword[6] which turned every[7] way, to keep the way of the tree of life."
When man fell from grace by eating of the tree of knowledge rather than the tree of life God seems to have driven him away from the protected garden[8] with something that blocked the way back to that tree of life.
Turned away
That thing was said to be a whirling[7] fiery[5] sword[6] of a Cherub[4].[9]
The words "which turned every way" are from a Hebrew base word HeyPeiKuf הָפַךְ haphak[7] but in the text we see hammiṯhappeḵeṯ (whirling) which only appears in this verse and is spelled HeyMemTavHeyPeiKafTav הַמִּתְהַפֶּ֔כֶת.
- ה Hey Expression, Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)
- מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)
- ת Tav is a Seal of a Higher kingdom or realm through faith. The paradigm keter–malchut “The Crown of Sovereignty” from the Tree of Life spiritually linking worlds or realms through an unseen doorway of faith. The Aleph & Tav are the first and last letters. [door sign cross seal] (Numeric value: 400)
- ה Hey Expression, Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)
- פ ף Pei Communication: The Oral Torah The mouth, blow, edge. [Mouth speak open word] (Numeric value: 80)
- כ ך Kaf K Crown: To Actualize Potential power from spiritual to physical realm [to cover, strength] (Numeric value: 20)
- ת Tav is a Seal of a Higher kingdom or realm through faith. The paradigm keter–malchut “The Crown of Sovereignty” from the Tree of Life spiritually linking worlds or realms through an unseen doorway of faith. The Aleph & Tav are the first and last letters. [door sign cross seal] (Numeric value: 400)
Most commentaries agree that this verse was about blocking "the way that led to the tree of life".
How did it block and how does it block us today from the tree of life?
How does it comfort us as we sit in darkness today
What might unblock that way so that men might obtain life everlasting?
Sit in darkness
The Bible often talks about those who sit in darkness. And the way back to life remains hidden to those who choose the dark over the light.
Why would they choose to remain in darkness?
What in the darkness binds them?
- Psalms 107:10 "Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, [being] bound in affliction and iron; 11 Because they rebelled against the words of God,[10] and contemned[11] the counsel of the most High:"
The darkness, the social bonds of fear and shame, and affliction is seen as a product of the individuals rebellion against the word of God which results from the people spurning[11] the truth which the deny and they refuse to see.
Abraham, Moses, and Jesus called the people to righteousness from the beginning but if they seek unrighteousness they will not be protected by the hand of God.
If they choose not the way of righteousness toward others but oppress the people with the leaven, e bracing darkness rather than light, then they shall also be in the darkness and the resulting prison.
- Isaiah 42:6 "I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; 7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, [and] them that sit in darkness out of the prison house."
If we do not deliver our neighbor out of prison, bondage, and oppression we shall go into prison, bondage and be oppressed. If we will not forgive we will not be forgiven. If we will not see our sin, our iniquity, then we will not be brought forth to see the light.
- Micah 7:8 "Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD [shall be] a light unto me. 9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, [and] I shall behold his righteousness."
Bring light where there was darkness
Jesus came to bring light where there was darkness.
- Luke 1:79 "To give light to them that sit in darkness and [in] the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."
Christ came that we might be saved. If we seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness might that way back to Eternal life be unblock?
Can we learn to walk in the light through prayer and fasting, confession and repentance?
- Matthew 4:16 "The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up."
At the beginning of sin man hid from God and lost his own identity given by God. Are we willing to see the truth of our own sin in the light that is sprung up and recorded in scripture?
Darkness and light
John 9:41 "Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.[12]
Darkness is the absence of light as a lie is the rejection of the whole truth.
"This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." 1 John 1:5
Darkness has no power against the light except what it can influence and take through deception that lives in the dark.
"Do we drive out darkness with more darkness or with the light?" See Stoning
Evil is what occurs in the absence of the love of Christ who is the way, the truth and the light.
All the problems of the world come from our individual acceptance of the lie.
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." -Martin Luther King Jr.
You are not born again if you still are doing the works of iniquity. If you deny the truth and the way of righteousness and love the wages of unrighteousness.
"And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil." John 3:19
People do not want to see their own evil, their own sin, so they hide in the darkness. The avoid the pain of seeing the darkness of their own heart they flee into the shadow of death finding comfort in their own ideologies and doctrines.
"For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved." John 3:20
Do the people stive to do righteousness?
Will they walk the way of peace with their neighbor or do they covet instituting the rule of force?
Will they confess the error of Balaam or continue in the way of the Nicolaitan?
When they see their sin can they forgive the sins of others?
If they confirm to their the doctrines of men and deny the God of their fathers with rebellious hearts and pride they will remain blind sitting in darkness under the shadow of death.
Without God the Father they will unknowingly accept the father of darkness and serve his synagogues of Satan[13] and modern churches of apostasy.
"But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God." John 3:21
The Leaven of Herod and the Pharisees led the people into darkness and their Corban that made the word of God to none effect. It is the way of Christ and the Corban of Christ that leads to the light of salvation and eternal life.
"In truth, it has been the our abandonment of the righteousness of God's one form of government for the wages of unrighteousness and dainties of rulers, fathers of the earth and benefactors who exercise authority in and of the world that has made us blind and vulnerable to the despotic spirits of darkness, like the "Corban of the Pharisees that has made the word of God to none effect"."
You may have to be a friend to the unrighteous mammon for a season but you should not cultivate an appetite for the dainties of rulers, nor pray to the men who call themselves benefactor for their "free bread".
For those covetous practices are a snare for the body and the soul which will degenerate the masses and in the darkness bind them giving rise to tyranny.
"Polybius warned the Masses of having an appetite for benefits of rulers in 150 BC. But Proverbs warned about the same danger from the Dainties of rulers even earlier than that. David and Paul warned us of the tables of those men who exercise authority one over the other. In fact, John the Baptist, Jesus the Christ, and all the apostles gave us similar warnings. The only one who is not warning us is the Modern Church who should have provided the table of Christ through a daily ministration of Charity through the practice of Pure Religion and the perfect law of liberty." Termination of parental rights
Coveting those benefits and engaging in those practices which are not cast up[14] which snare men like merchandise and curse children with the captivity of the bondage of Egypt.
Supposedly, Manichaeism presented an elaborate description of the conflict between the spiritual world of light and the material world of darkness. Both the world of darkness and the world of light were given names. There are numerous sources for the details of the Manichaean belief. The flaw in creation which was not caused by God but which constituted rather the product of a battle by the devil against God.
The dialectic of darkness
In the darkness of the world there is a sense of loss of purpose and therefore a loss of identity.
That which offers an identity and a sense of purpose obtains a measure of control over the person.
Join a religion, a gang, a country, a side.
The darkness of denial
Many mental aberrations like PTSD thrives when the people already choose to live in darkness. Shutting our eyes to the the truth about immoral trends in modern culture and covetous practices of society will divide the people.
Throughout history when people develop an appetite for social welfare through the power and force of the civil State the driving motivation for he development of a free society will degenerate along with the moral conscience of the people.
The searing of the human conscience by one immoral practice or the indulgence in a more self serving culture makes the people individual more vulnerable to other traumas that may occur in the course of life.
Self-righteousness is no substitute for the righteousness of God which according to Christ and all the prophets we should be seeking along with the kingdom of God.
Light and dark by verses
Genesis 1:4 And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Genesis 1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that [it was] good.
Exodus 14:20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness [to them], but it gave light by night [to these]: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
2 Samuel 22:29 For thou [art] my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
Job 3:4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
Job 3:9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but [have] none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
Job 10:22 A land of darkness, as darkness [itself; and] of the shadow of death, without any order, and [where] the light [is] as darkness.
Job 12:22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. Job 12:25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like [a] drunken [man]. Job 17:12 They change the night into day: the light [is] short because of darkness.
Job 18:6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
Job 18:18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
Job 24:16 In the dark they dig through houses, [which] they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
Job 29:3 When his candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] darkness;
Job 30:26 When I looked for good, then evil came [unto me]: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
Job 38:19 Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof,
Psalms 18:28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
Psalms 112:4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: [he is] gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
Psalms 139:11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. 12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to thee].
Ecclesiastes 2:13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
Ecclesiastes 12:2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Isaiah 5:30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if [one] look unto the land, behold darkness [and] sorrow, and the light is daened in the heavens thereof.
Isaiah 9:2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Isaiah 13:10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Isaiah 42:16 And I will bring the blind by a way [that] they knew not; I will lead them in paths [that] they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these [things].
Isaiah 50:10 Who [is] among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh [in] darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
Isaiah 58:10 And [if] thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness [be] as the noonday:
Isaiah 59:9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, [but] we walk in darkness.
Jeremiah 13:16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, [and] make [it] gross darkness.
Lamentations 3:2 He hath led me, and brought [me into] darkness, but not [into] light.
Ezekiel 32:7 And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
Ezekiel 32:8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
Daniel 2:22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what [is] in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
Amos 5:18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end [is] it for you? the day of the LORD [is] darkness, and not light.
Amos 5:20 [Shall] not the day of the LORD [be] darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
Micah 7:8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD [shall be] a light unto me.
Zechariah 14:6 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the light shall not be clear, [nor] dark: Matthew 4:16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up. Matthew 6:23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great [is] that darkness! Matthew 10:27 What I tell you in darkness, [that] speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, [that] preach ye upon the housetops. Matthew 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Mark 13:24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
Luke 1:79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and [in] the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Luke 11:34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when [thine eye] is evil, thy body also [is] full of darkness. 35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. 36 If thy whole body therefore [be] full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
- Matthew 6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great [is] that darkness! 24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Luke 11:35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
Luke 11:36 If thy whole body therefore [be] full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
Luke 12:3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
John 1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
John 12:35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
John 12:46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
Acts 26:18 To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Romans 2:19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
Romans 13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
2 Corinthians 4:6 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.
2 Corinthians 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Ephesians 5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
1 Thessalonians 5:5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
1 Peter 2:9 But ye [are] a chosen generation, 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 into his marvellous light:
2 Peter 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
1 John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
1 John 2:8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. 9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
- ↑ 02822 חשֶׁךְ choshek kho-shek’ from 02821 v חשֶׁךְ choshek darken; n m; [BDB-365a] {See TWOT on 769 @@ "769a" } AV-darkness 70, dark 7, obscurity 2, night 1; 80
- 1) darkness, obscurity
- 1a) darkness
- 1b) secret place
- 1) darkness, obscurity
- ↑ Genesis 1:2 "And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness <02822> [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters."
- ↑ Genesis 1:4 "And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness <02822>."
- ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 03742 כְּרוּב këruwb ker-oob’ of uncertain derivation, Greek 5502 Ξερουβιν; n m; [BDB-500b] {See TWOT on 1036 } AV-cherubims 64, cherub 27; 91
- 1) cherub, cherubim (pl)
- 1a) an angelic being
- 1a1) as guardians of Eden
- 1a2) as flanking God’s throne
- 1a3) as an image form hovering over the Ark of the Covenant
- 1a4) as the chariot of Jehovah (fig.)
- 1a) an angelic being
- 1) cherub, cherubim (pl)
- ↑ Jump up to: 5.0 5.1 03858 לַהַט lahat [lah’-hat] from 03857 לָהַט lahat to burn, blaze, 03851 לַהַב lahab flame; n m; [BDB-529b] [{See TWOT on 1081 @@ "1081a" }] AV-flaming 1, enchantment 1; 2
- 1) flame (of an angelic sword)
- ↑ Jump up to: 6.0 6.1 02719 חֶרֶב chereb [kheh’-reb] from 02717; n f; [BDB-352a] [{See TWOT on 732 @@ "732a" }] AV-sword 401, knife 5, dagger 3, axes 1, mattocks 1, TOOL 1, sword + 03027 1; 413
- 1) sword, knife
- 1a) sword
- 1b) knife
- 1c) tools for cutting stone
- 1) sword, knife
- ↑ Jump up to: 7.0 7.1 7.2 02015 הָפַךְ haphak [haw-fak’] HeyPeiKaf a primitive root; v; [BDB-245a] [{See TWOT on 512 }] AV-turn 57, overthrow 13, overturn 5, change 3, turn … 6, become 1, came 1, converted 1, gave 1, make 1, perverse 1, perverted 1, retired 1, tumbled 1; 94
- 1) to turn, overthrow, overturn
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to overturn, overthrow
- 1a2) to turn, turn about, turn over, turn around
- 1a3) to change, transform
- 1b) (Niphal)
- 1b1) to turn oneself, turn, turn back
- 1b2) to change oneself
- 1b3) to be perverse
- 1b4) to be turned, be turned over, be changed, be turned against
- 1b5) to be reversed
- 1b6) to be overturned, be overthrown
- 1b7) to be upturned
- 1c) (Hithpael)
- 1c1) to transform oneself
- 1c2) to turn this way and that, turn every way
- 1d) (Hophal) to turn on someone
- ↑ 01598 גָּנַן GimelNunNun ganan [gaw-nan’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-170b] [{See TWOT on 367 }] AV-defend 8; 8
- 1) to defend, cover, surround
- 1a) (Qal) to defend
- 1b) (Hiphil) to defend
- 1) to defend, cover, surround
- ↑ לַ֤הַט הַחֶ֙רֶב֙ הַמִּתְהַפֶּ֔כֶת לִשְׁמֹ֕ר
lahaṭ hahereb (flaming sword) hammiṯhappeḵeṯ (whirling) lišmōr (guard). HeyMemTavHeyPeiKafTav - ↑ Psalms 68:6 "God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry [land]."
- Psalms 106:43 "Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked [him] with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
- Isaiah 63:10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, [and] he fought against them.
- ↑ Jump up to: 11.0 11.1 05006 נָאַץ na’ats \@naw-ats’\@ a primitive root; v; AV-despise 8, provoke 5, abhor 4, blaspheme 4, contemn 2, flourish 1, great occasion to blaspheme 1; 25
- 1) to spurn, contemn, despise, abhor
- 1a) (Qal) to spurn, contemn
- 1b) (Piel)
- 1b1) to spurn
- 1b2) to cause to contemn
- 1c) (Hiphil) to spurn
- 1d) (Hithpolel) to be contemned
- See Ecclesiastes 12:5
- 1) to spurn, contemn, despise, abhor
- ↑ False prophets and Guru theories
- Isaiah 42:16 "And I will bring the blind by a way [that] they knew not; I will lead them in paths [that] they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. 17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye [are] our gods. 18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see."
- Isaiah 30:20 "And [though] the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: 21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This [is] the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. 22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence. 23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed,..."
- Matthew 13:13 "Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand."
- Matthew 15:14 "Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."
- Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recoveing of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
- John 9:39 ¶ "And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind."
- Luke 6:39 "And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? 40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master."
- Acts 13:11 "And now, behold, the hand of the Lord [is] upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand."
- ↑ The way of Satan
- Mark 1:13 "And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him."
- Acts 26:18 "To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me."
- 2 Corinthians 12:7 "And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure."
- 2 Thessalonians 2:9 "[Even him], whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,"
- Revelation 2:9 "I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and [I know] the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but [are] the synagogue of Satan."
- Revelation 2:20-24 "20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. 21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not...24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden."
- Revelation 3:9 "Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee."
- ↑ Not cast up
- Jeremiah 18:15 "Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways [from] the ancient paths, to walk in paths, [in] a way not cast up;"
- Jeremiah 2:13 "For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, [and] hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water... 19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that [it is] an evil [thing] and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear [is] not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts."
- Hosea 11:2 "[As] they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images."
- Malachi 2:8 "But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts."
- Jeremiah 19:5 "They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire [for] burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake [it], neither came [it] into my mind:
- Isaiah 57:14 "And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people."