Then God said, “Let there be light; and there was light.”
1. These are the first words spoken by God in Scripture.
2. God gives the command to bring forth light.
3. Light appears in obedience.
4. This verse witnesses that all things must yield in obedience to God.
5. God completely controls all things.
6. Implies the awesome authority of God.
7. Articulates the complete power of God.
8. The light will dispel the darkness as Jesus will later dispel the darkness of sin with His light.
9. Symbolic of Christ coming into the world, in related verse, John 1;5, “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.”
10. Symbolic of God’s holiness and purity.
1 John 1:5, “This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.”
1. These are the first words spoken by God in Scripture.
2. God gives the command to bring forth light.
3. Light appears in obedience.
4. This verse witnesses that all things must yield in obedience to God.
5. God completely controls all things.
6. Implies the awesome authority of God.
7. Articulates the complete power of God.
8. The light will dispel the darkness as Jesus will later dispel the darkness of sin with His light.
9. Symbolic of Christ coming into the world, in related verse, John 1;5, “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.”
10. Symbolic of God’s holiness and purity.
1 John 1:5, “This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.”