When you read through creation in Genesis 1, has anyone besides me ever wondered why on day one God said “let there be light: and there was light,” but He didn’t create the sun and moon until day four? So exactly what was that light on day one if it wasn’t the sun or moon?
Think this through with me. He had to create light first because the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. Gen. 1:2. There’s an explanation for why the earth was dark when God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. (1 John 1:5) You can find that explanation if you click here.
I heard a Bible study teacher say that the darkness on the earth in Gen. 1:2 was literal, historic darkness as well as an evil spiritual darkness. And if that’s the case, the first recorded words of God in the Bible were quite appropriate. “Let there be light.” It was a literal, historic light as well as spiritual light. It was dual. While the entire Bible is historically and literally true and accurate, it’s also spiritual.
If you will look beyond the history of God’s first words (“let there be light”) and gaze at this spiritually, some other verses in the Bible will open up in a new light that you’ve never seen before.
- The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. (Psalm 119:130) In this verse we don’t have a problem seeing that the “light” He refers to is spiritual light that comes from the entrance of His words. And what were His entering words in Gen. 1:3? “Let there be light.” The first recorded entrance of His words was literal and spiritual light spoken into existence.
- O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. (Psalm 43:3) If God didn’t send out His spiritual light in Gen. 1:3 and the rest of the truth of His word, we would not know the gospel. We would not know Jesus. We’d be lost in spiritual darkness. This verse is the bridge to the gospel.
- 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 8:12) He’s the spiritual light. He first obediently showed up in Gen 1:3 when God said, “Let there be light.”
- 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 refuse to see light. They are happy with their darkness. It’s time to open our eyes to the spiritual light. If you don’t know Jesus as your savior, today is the day of salvation. Here, read this.
At the age of 15, before I accepted Jesus Christ as my savior, I was an avowed atheist. “There’s no God,” I boldly proclaimed in my youth. “You can’t see him, so what makes you think he exists?” And then, sitting in a meeting that a friend bribed me into attending, I heard the gospel. Something spiritual happened in my heart. Here’s what it was: For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness (in Genesis 1:3), hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2 Cor. 4:6)
God spoke that spiritual light—Jesus Christ—into the world in Gen. 1:3. Jesus always existed, but He came to bear on the world at the first spoken command of God. Now, we can deny that there is light, just like I did. But that doesn’t change the fact that it is there. In my ignorance, I denied God and Jesus, but God spoke into my heart “let there be light” through the gospel. Until you receive the gospel of Jesus Christ, you are in darkness. Wouldn’t you love to live in the light?
R&J Shee
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