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      • 1:5 John uses three important words here: (1) shines; (2) darkness; (3) mastered. What does John mean by the darkness? How does the light shine in it? What does “mastered” mean? The world in John’s gospel is morally and spiritually dark. It rejects God’s message, i.e., the Word (cf. chapter 16).
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  2. Apr 4, 2024 · The Gospel of John begins by declaring, "In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it" (John 1:4-5). This represents darkness as spiritual blindness, counteracted only by the illuminating truth of Christ.

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    Spiritual darkness is a symptom of spiritual death. The un-regenerate are spiritually dead and live in spiritual darkness. All humans are born spiritually dead due to the original sin of Adam. The regenerate are made alive spiritually; they live in spiritual light. Only people who are spiritually alive can truly understand God’s Word in its truth a...

    Earth and universe initally lacked light

    There is no theological problem with God beginning Creation in darkness, as scientist and theologian Dr. Henry M. Morris explained…

    Night

    In eternal life, there will be no night and no need for a sun or moon, for God’s glorywill illuminate it (Rev. 21:23; 21:25).

    Physical darkness after Christ’s death

    When Jesus hung upon the cross, from the 6th hour there was darkness over all the land unto the 9th hour (Matthew 27:45; Luke 23:44). This was a physical miracle, a sign from God.

    Darkness is also a symbol of ignorance (Isaiah 9:2; 60:2; Matthew 6:23) and of spiritual death (Job 10:21; 17:13).“They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because o...
    Darkness is a symbol of misery and adversity(Psalm 107:10; Job 18:6; Isaiah 8:22; Ezek. 30:18).
    “Outer darkness” refers to the darkness of the streets, which are never lit up by any public or private lamps after nightfall, in contrast with the blaze of cheerful light in the house.This is symb...
    When the psalmist describes the inscrutable nature of God’s workings among the sons of men, he says,“Cloudsand thick darkness surround Him” —Psalm 97:2 NASB; Psa. 97:2 NKJV

    “Darkness” or “dark” is the translation of various original manuscript words in Scripture. 1. Hebrew: חשֶׁךְ —transliteration: hhoshekh or choshek—meaning: darkness, dark, obscurity —Example: Genesis 1:2 2. Hebrew: עֲרָפֶל —transliteration: araphel—English translations: cloud, thick cloud, heavy cloud, thick dark cloud, thick darkness, deep darknes...

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  3. Key Themes. Discerning light from darkness and life from death. God’s love for his people’s unity throughout the world. The true humanity and divinity of Jesus. The choice to believe into God’s power over death. Structure. John is divided into five parts.

  4. May 3, 2023 · A key verse to determine the power of darkness is John 1:5, “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”. This is the best news: we need not fear the darkness. Darkness will never eclipse light, nor will the dark devil overcome the Light of the world—Jesus Christ.

  5. The moral condition which opposes itself to divine light is utterly dark. The very light that is in it is darkness. Its condition is the opposite of that happy state of humanity indicated in John 1:4, when the life was the light of men; it is a condition in which mankind has become the prey of falsehood, folly and sin.

  6. In the bible, in the book of Isaiah 13:9-10 and Matthew 24:29, Darkness is used metaphorically to refer to evil and sin, with lightness used as a metaphor representing God’s presence and goodness. Darkness is often associated with the anti-God, death, and wickedness.

  7. CSB This is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil. NLT And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.