Genesis 1:1-25…“And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” vss. 2-3
While some read the Hebrew story of creation in Genesis with a sense of incredulity and disbelief, others are deeply moved by the theological and spiritual insights of its writers. They know that it is not a scientific description of how the world was created but an affirmation of the divine origin and essential goodness of all that exists.
It begins with a claim that in the beginning God, however that Being might be described, brought all things into existence with a single Word, and that one Word was Light. This Light did not originate in the sun, for there was no sun, but from the very Spirit of God moving to and fro upon the face of the waters. This idea was picked up by the gospel of John, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
John goes on to say that this Word became flesh in Jesus, and further identifies Jesus as the Light of the World. Because of this some have said that in scripture God only speaks twice: the first word was Lights, and the second word, Jesus. And while that may seem simplistic to some, it really is the truth. When we try to say more about God, our words quickly become incomprehensible.
Thought for the Day: What is Light?
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