Light

     Darkness conceals things. Sight is useless in darkness. All the other senses: touch, taste, hear, and smell remain unchanged by the time of day. Under normal circumstances, all those senses perform as they should.  Only sight has its limitations given normal circumstances. Thus, sight is the most useful of the senses. Feeling (touch) is imperative to life as well but it doesn't come and go with time. When the sense of sight is reduced, touch is the sense which becomes paramount. Without sight, all the other senses are magnified.
     Light is imperative for existence. Light is required to live. On the other hand excessive light ages and destroys. The four things which are known to be required for life are water, energy, nutrients, and right conditions; things must be in the proper proportions at the right time. For human life to exist there must also be something else - a soul. God breathes life into it so we know it is there (Gen 2:7)! The latter is hard to define but humans know that it exists because it is experienced. The weak psychological definition of the soul parallels the "conscience"; that which evaluates knowledge using  moral values. Theists believe that moral values are instilled by a god. Christians believe that God breaths the Holy Spirit into man at conception.
     The human soul is the epicenter of existence for each person. When the material is long gone, the soul still exists. The human soul is eternal for everyone, even those who wish it wasn't! Light is required to illuminate the soul. Life is light shining on the soul. Death is the soul filled with darkness.
     Light provides the energy required for life. Without light, mankind and all other life would die. Sure, life would adapt for a time, but soon death would ensue. In the beginning, God divided the light from the darkness (Gen 1:4). He provided the light required to create. The light was "good" because it was required for life! The first thing known to us about light is that it is "good".
     But only God is "good" (Mat 19:17). God said that while he lived on earth. Then, whatever God does is good! Light was good because it was required for life to exist. Light was divided before the suns were created, in fact before anything was! In the beginning was only God. He was never created. Everything else was. The earth was created first. It was "void". No light was upon the earth. Thus, God also created darkness. Before creation, there was no void or dark space in which to create. God created the "room" which contained everything. Darkness is not bad since everything God created was "very good" (Gen 1:31). If darkness is "good" why then is it not desirable? Because Satan uses darkness so that mankind cannot see!
     When God divided the light from darkness the world was revealed. It is reality. Reality is truth. Darkness conceals truth. Even unseen things are truth. If a body is put in utter darkness, it can't be seen, but it is still reality. What the eye can detect is not a reliable measurement of truth, yet sight is the most useful of the senses! Do things not exist if they can't be felt, smelled, heard, or tasted? We know that some cannot taste. Does that make sour and sweet less real? Some have lost their sensation of touch and are paraplegic. Does that inability to feel make the hard seat less real? Obviously not. Because there is darkness, does not make existence less real. Things unseen are there; it only takes special vision to see them! The God of Truth reveals things in the darkness.

2 Sam 22:9 For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness.

     God lights darkness. He shines light on what otherwise cannot be seen. We think of "light" as photons, which it is. Light is electromagnetic radiation. It has wavelengths of different magnitudes. The human eye can only see light which is within the visible spectrum. Light is in other spectrums; it just can't be seen with the naked eye. In modern times, instrumentation was created to "see" light in other spectrums. Light was still there even though it could not be seen. Spectrum analysis revealed truth. There are things "unseen". Perhaps there is a spiritual world as well! The spectrometer has yet to be invented to see that realm. I content that the "Spectrometer" always existed, and people just failed to depend on it. The Lord lights up my darkness, as the scripture says. When did that happen? When I was born-again:

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. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

     The "condemnation" was that Adam-kind was cast out into darkness. Inside the Garden both Adam and Eve had "bright natures" with "bright eyes" (see my blog entry http://kentuckyherrin.blogspot.com/2018/01/bright-eyes.html).  Adam loved darkness rather than light. He had experienced both but preferred darkness. Hence, Adam was sentenced to live in a cave. He loved darkness and God took away his bright eyes because his bright nature was gone. The spiritual event of being "born-again" restores some of that sight! The more truth that is sought the more sight that is gained. Those who prefer truth, come into the light so they can see things others can't see! The light reveals truth. The body in utter darkness can be seen with just a little light shining forth. Light reveals reality. Light reveals truth!
     Light is electron flow. It can't be seen except directly. If one stands directly in front of a light source, it is bright. In a vacuum without any foreign objects and utter darkness, a person standing to the side of the light beam can't see it at all! It is invisible to the naked eye. "But," you say, "I can see the light from that viewpoint!" No you can't. You see the reflection of the light rays off impurities in the air.
     Within the world, light can be seen when looking at its source but when not, it can't be seen if it wasn't for matter itself. The gases and other things reveal light to us. They are impurities within the void where before was only God. Hence, we see the world but we can't see God unless given special "vision". The truth is that sight God gives those who seek it! I am born-again because I see God in the world:

Rom 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse.

     Where is God and how can He be seen? He's on His throne in Heaven shedding Light (Truth) on the world. Truth is revealed in what we see. During the day, I see existence in the world. At night, I see the stars in the Heavens. My view is limited by my flesh: I can only see so much. I can't see remote constellations and I can't see black holes. They are still there. I can't see God in Heaven but because my flesh limits me does not make Him less real! Rebirth regains sight. I can "see" God, not by my flesh (my eyesight) but in Spirit. I can see into a world most can't see because Truth has set me free!
     When I look at the creation, I see God. Those who prefer darkness cannot! To see clearly, mankind must seek truth. God is Truth! The freedom to see beyond our limitations is when our bright natures are restored. You may think, I'm born-again but don't believe in the creation! Science has proven that life evolved. If anyone thinks that way, they are not truly born-again. Satan aborted the spiritual baby just as its head crowned. As life in the world was about to come, Satan blinded the spiritual baby, not with light but with darkness. Light reveals truth. Darkness conceals it. To be born-again, everyone must "see" the Creator. If God can't create, neither has He the power to save! "Create" is what gods do by definition; if your God can't create, He doesn't Exist. God's Light reveals that Truth!
     Mostly blind people walk the earth, bumping into one another and God. Can't others see that you are important? Can't others see that you are like god? Those who walk in the light don't see the Way most do: you are important to God but you are not God, nor even "a god". Why then would the world do it your way when God's Way is Truth?
     Those who are truly born-again, have a reasonable service to God: submit oneself to God. Hang our own selves on a cross. Be humbled. Be freed by the truth! Light can shine forth, but everyone must stand directly in its path. Light doesn't bend to seek you; you must move to where the Light shines. Big bodies will bend light. You are no "big body". Without God, you are nobody's except to Satan who is a nobody!
     Light is independent of the world. Even if the world was not here, light would still shine forth. God removed Saul from the light so that he could see what others could not see; he saw Jesus. Saul became a new person. In darkness, God divided the light, and revealed truth to Saul. God removed the contamination from Saul's eyes so that he could see God directly. He didn't need to depend on light reflecting off the impurities of the world. He saw pure, direct Light straight from God. In darkness, Saul could see! With his new nature, Paul had bright eyes! His new name meant "humbled"! Saul means "to question". His nature changed from questioning to humbled. He was born again when he looked up, saw God, and trusted in Him! God's Name was Jesus. Saul received God's spectrometer. He saw Light that others could not see. He saw the Light in darkness. He saw the truth that others fail to see.

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     The dirt, debris, and gases off which light is reflected are things of the world. The world interferes with seeing light directly! The material things in the world's environment interferevwith the light rays and diffuses the light. After the light passes through clouds, pollution, and so forth, when one looks directly at the light, it is not bright.
    That applies to spiritual light as well. As God's Shekinah Light passes through the world's environment, even when looked directly toward, it appears dim. The world gets in the way of truth. Dimness is the result. God can only be seen in a dim light.
     In darkness, the light doesn't shine directly. The world gets in the way and darkness comes about. Some light can be seen but the glow we see at night are reflections off things in the world. To see the unadulterated light, anyone must move so its direct rays shine on them. They must get out of the way of the world, and not let it influence what they see. In spiritual terms that is "sanctification" - a setting apart from the world.