Once I read…. “to understand the book of Revelation you need to study Genesis”. Not much of an explanation was given but I have been thinking about this for a long time. Studying New Age Enlightenment piqued my interest in looking at verses about “light”. New Age techniques that involve meditation can take a person into an altered consciousness that may result in seeing an explosion of light. They often describe a feeling of euphoria or a oneness with the universe along with this experience and believe it to be godly. Let’s take a look…..
Q. SO WHAT IS THE LIGHT?
A. It is the Word of God.
Psa 119:105 . Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
A. It is Jesus Christ.
Jhn 8:12 Then spake Jesus again into 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.
Jhn 12:46 I am come as a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
Q. WHAT DOES THE LIGHT DO?
A. It exposes evil.
Jhn 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Jhn 3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the ligh, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Jhn 3:21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Q. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE LIGHT?
2Cr 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 2Cr 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath sinned in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
A. The light gives knowledge of Jesus Christ.
Q. WHOSE LIGHT ARE YOU SEEING?
Luke 11:33-34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when [thine eye] is evil, thy body also [is] full of darkness. Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
A. 2Cr 11:14 And no marvel for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light…….
We were discussing Luke 11:33-36 at Bible Study and talked about ways Christians could be light unto the world and how light is used and what does it do? Light shows the way and it exposes what is in the darkness. It exposes sin. Think of a speck of dust in a sunbeam. Suddenly dust and dirt show up in greater detail than we like to admit. What once was a speck is a now a whole lot of dirt when it is under the scrutiny of the Lords eyes. Light is a beacon opening up a pathway to the truth. This light on the pathway also warns of any bumps on the road.We are to expose our light to others, helping them find the way to the Lord Jesus Christ. We are to share the gospel with others and our love of Christ.
This prompts me to ask:
Does the light of new age meditation expose sin?
Does the light of new age meditation cause repentance and hunger for the word of God?
Conclusion: If the answers are no, then the New Age enlightenment is not “the light of the world”, it is the light of Satan’s counterfeit spirituality.
Now back to Genesis….
Genesis 1:3-4 And 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.
Genesis 1:14-19And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them by for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
This is what amazes me. God said “let there be light” on the first day. But He did not create the sun and the moon till the fourth day. God’s own light, reached the formless earth and empty darkness.
Revelation 21:23-24 says: The city does not need the sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. The nations will walk by its light…
The Lord says He is coming soon! He is the Alpha and the Omega. The Beginning and the End. We can see by studying God’s word, that His light shone on the earth in the beginning and and we who live for Him will walk in the glory of His light at the end of time. The light is Jesus Christ who is bodily coming again to set up his kingdom here on earth and He will rule.
Is your present life dark and empty? Have you been seeking light from the wrong sources? Read God’s word and pray that its meaning will be illuminated in your heart and mind. Jesus is the only true light in this world. Will you seek him today?
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October 22, 2007 at 5:01 am
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October 22, 2007 at 5:50 am
astudent
For a light study that was pretty good!
October 24, 2007 at 5:18 am
livingjourney
Well done. I really enjoyed this post.
Genesis and Revelation are great to read together.
Talking about the light in Genesis if you read John along with it you can find parallels also…
John 1-3, lies a “new Creation narrative” midrash on Genesis:
*God walked the earth in Genesis, and now God walked the earth again…
*the Spirit moved on the water and brought forth the Creation in Genesis, and now the Spirit moved on the water and brought forth the new Creation…
*God came and separated light from dark in the Creation in Genesis, and now He separated the light from dark in the new Creation…
*there was the small light and the great light in the Creation in Genesis, and now there was the small light – John the Baptist – and the great light – Jesus – in the new Creation… (Prasch 1997:2-3).
September 26, 2012 at 3:35 pm
David Cronkhite
Chiasm
Genesis 1:15
Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day,
and the lesser light to rule the night.
&
Revelation 22:5
There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun,
for the Lord God gives them light.
Genesis 2:9
The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge
of good and evil. Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden.
&
Revelation 22:1
And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal,
proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.
In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life…
Genesis 2:12
And the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and the onyx stone are there.
&
Revelation 21:18
the city was pure gold, like clear glass. The foundations of the wall of the city
were adorned with all kinds of precious stones…
Genesis 2:22
Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man
He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.
&
Revelation 21:9
“Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.”
Genesis 3:8
And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden
in the spirit of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves…
&
Revelation 20:11
Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it,
from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away.
Genesis 3:13
The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
&
Revelation 20:2
He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan…
…so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished.
Genesis 3:20
And Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.
Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.
&
Revelation 19:7
The marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.
And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright….
Genesis 4:17
And he built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch…etc…Jubal. He was the father of all those who play the harp and flute. And as for Zillah, she also bore Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every craftsman in bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah. Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice, Wives of Lamech, listen to my speech! For I have killed a man for wounding me, even a young man for hurting me.
&
Revelation 18:21
Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore. The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore and the sound of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore. The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived. And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth.”
Genesis 4:26
Then men began to call on the name of the LORD.
&
Revelation 18:17
as many as trade on the sea stood at a distance and cried out
when they saw the smoke of her burning…
Genesis 7:1
Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen
that you are righteous before Me in this generation.
&
Revelation 18:4
Come out of her, my people…..For her sins have reached to heaven,
and God has remembered her iniquities.
Genesis 7:19
The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.
&
Revelation 17:9
The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits…
…the waters which you saw, where the harlot sits,
are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.
Genesis 9:4
But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning…
&
Revelation 17:6
I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints
and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.
Genesis 9:22
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father’s nakedness.
&
Revelation 16:15
Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.
Genesis 11:9
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
&
Revelation 16:16
And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
Genesis 12:17
And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues
because of Sarai Abram’s wife.
&
Revelation 16:9
and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues.
Genesis 13:10
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan,
that it was well watered everywhere.
&
Revelation 16:4
And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers
and fountains of waters, and they became blood.
Genesis 19:24
Then the LORD rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah…
…and behold, the smoke of the land which went up like the smoke of a furnace.
&
Revelation 14:10
He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence…..of the Lamb.
And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever.
Genesis 22:13
Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son. And Abraham called the name of the place, The-LORD-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the LORD it shall be provided.” Then the Angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time out of heaven, and said: “By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son, blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
&
Revelation 14:1 Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father’s name written on their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder.
End
September 26, 2012 at 3:37 pm
David Cronkhite
Are you familiar with chiastic structure?
Thanks.
Dave
September 26, 2012 at 5:32 pm
Kim
Nope…I look forward to looking at these pairings a bit closer. The original post was put together with the newager in mind. Wow, haven’t seen it for awhile…since 2007.
Thank you for this.