Davar Kingdom Of God

In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it (John 1:4-5). In the Bible, life is often expressed together with light, and death with darkness. We have, for instance, the following verses: He brought them out of darkness and the deepest gloom (lit. the shadow of death) and broke away their chains (Ps 107:14). The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned (Isa 9:2). That “the light shines in the darkness” indicates that life has victory over death, and that “the darkness has not understood (or, overcome) it” indicates that death has opposed life, but has not been able to defeat it. It points to the death and resurrection of Christ. In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, while the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters, God said, "Let there be