↑Percho said
So, this light, "Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that good: G 1:3,4 - was this light, "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." G 1:16?
What is the light of Acts 26:18? What is the darkness of Acts 26:18?
Your best guess, who was and where was, the great dragon, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, when God said. "Let there be light,"?
Jon answered
In that context, I believe the Light was already there (He did not need to be spoken into existence).
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He wasn't speaking himself into existence, He was speaking himself into, his presence, contrasted to the darkness that was upon the face of the deep, on the earth.
Again, who was and where was, the great dragon, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, when God said. "Let there be light,"?
Considering:
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 1 John 3:8
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; Heb 2:14
Where was the devil when God said, "let there be light'? That said, "Out of darkness the light to shine".
Was the sinful devil with the power of death, present on the earth, before God created man in his own image yet made man a little lower than the angels, because of said death?
Why had it already been foreordained that, Christ as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, was going to shed his precious blood?
I believe everything took place in the garden of Eden just as God intended for it to take place.
Read John 1:4-9 and remember
In the fulness of time
God sent his Son
born of woman
born under law
Part 2 Spiritual Death
Discussion in 'Baptist Theology & Bible Study' started by percho, Feb 17, 2020.
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Martin Marprelate Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
But darkness is simply the absence of light. If you are outside a house when a light is switched on, you see the light flooding out. But when the light is switched off, you don't see the darkness flooding back in. There is simply an absence of light.
When God said, "Let there be light," the Triune God lit up the world. In the same way, when the Lord Jesus came into the world, He dispelled the darkness of ignorance and sin, and the darkness has still not overcome it. The 'Gentiles' of Acts of the Apostles 26:18, were in darkness; the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ dispels it.
The other thing I know is that the earth was a better place for Adam being in it. Before, it was 'good;' afterwards, until he fell into sin, it was 'very good.' All speculations have to take this fact into account. Either Satan had not yet come to earth at this time, or he had not yet fallen.
But did God not know that Adam would fall under the temptation of Satan? Of course He did, and had in eternity arranged His plan. '....Eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began' (Titus 1:2). -
He divided the two into equal parts of twelve hours day and night and the evening which was present and the morning which had been declared were the first day. The same concept of good and evil is seen in John 11 relative to hours and many other places in the word of God relative to good and evil.
For the creation (That which was called by God as very good) was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; Rom 8:20
God subjected the very good creation to futility before Adam sinned, in hope. ------ Why?
V 21 because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Where did this bondage truly come from? Adam?
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, (The creation of Adam) he also himself likewise took part of the same; (Flesh and blood) that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. The bondage of corruption in Rom 8.
Why is the Son of God manifested like Adam who was created in the image of his creator? Because before Adam was created, before God said Let there be Light the devil had sinned and had been doing works.
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 1 John 3:8
Man had to be created flesh and blood and subjected to the power of the devil in order the Son of God could be manifested an flesh and blood to destroy the devil and his works.
The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. 1 Cor 15:45,46
To date one Man born of woman has experienced that.
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. V49
We will be a higher creation than the very good Adam. -
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