~ Light ~
There are a
number of fascinating parallels between the first three chapters of the Bible
(Genesis 1-3) and the last three chapters of the Bible (Revelation 20-22). In between we find 1,183 chapters which
record mankind’s struggles as well as instructions for the struggle. In this series each post looks at one of the
parallels—it is not an exhaustive
coverage of all the parallels.
The Beginning
~ “Then 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.
God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first
day” (Genesis 1:3-5).
The Middle
~ “Then
Jesus spoke to them again, saying, ‘I am
the light of the world. He who
follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life’” (John 8:12). Jesus said, “As long as I am in the
world, I am the light of the world”
(John 9:5). Jesus also said, “You [His
followers] are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be
hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put
it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the
house. Let your light so shine before
men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven”
(Matthew 5:14-16).
The End
~ “The
city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light” (Revelation
21:23). “There shall be no night there: They need no
lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord
God gives them light. And they shall
reign forever and ever” (Revelation 22:5).
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW
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