The offspring of the divine command (Gen. 1:3). "All the more joyous emotions of the mind, all the pleasing sensations of the frame, all the happy hours of domestic intercourse were habitually described among the Hebrews under imagery derived from light" (1 Kings 11:36; Isa. 58:8; Esther 8:16; Ps. 97:11). Light came also naturally to typify true religion and the felicity it imparts (Ps. 119:105; Isa. 8:20; Matt. 4:16, etc.), and the glorious inheritance of the redeemed (Col. 1:12; Rev. 21:23-25). God is said to dwell in light inaccessible (1 Tim. 6:16). It frequently signifies instruction (Matt. 5:16; John 5:35). In its highest sense it is applied to Christ as the "Sun of righteousness" (Mal. 4:2; Luke 2:32; John 1:7-9). God is styled "the Father of lights" (James 1:17). It is used of angels (2 Cor. 11:14), and of John the Baptist, who was a "burning and a shining light" (John 5:35), and of all true disciples, who are styled "the light of the world" (Matt. 5:14). God the only source of -- Jas 1:17. Created by God -- Ge 1:3; Isa 45:7. Separated from darkness -- Ge 1:4. Sun, moon, and stars appointed to communicate to the earth -- Ge 1:14-17; Jer 31:35. Divided into Natural. -- Job 24:14; Isa 5:30. Extraordinary or miraculous. -- Ex 14:20; Ps 78:14; Ac 9:3; 12:7. Artificial. -- Jer 25:10; Ac 16:29. Communicated to the body through the eye -- Pr 15:30; Mt 6:22. Described as White and pure. -- Mt 17:2. Bright. -- Job 37:21. Shining. -- 2Sa 23:4; Job 41:18. Diffusive. -- Job 25:3; 36:30. Useful and precious. -- Ec 2:13. Agreeable. -- Ec 11:7. Manifesting objects. -- Joh 3:20,21; Eph 5:13. The theory of, beyond man's comprehension -- Job 38:19,20,24. Illustrative of Glory of God. -- Ps 104:2; 1Ti 6:16. Purity of God. -- 1Jo 1:5. Wisdom of God. -- Da 2:22. Guidance of God. -- Ps 27:1; 36:9. Favour of God. -- Ps 4:6; Isa 2:5. Christ the source of all wisdom. -- Lu 2:32; Joh 1:4,9; 8:12; 12:46. Glory of Christ. -- Ac 9:3,5; 26:13. Purity of Christ. -- Mt 17:2. Word of God. -- Ps 119:105,130; 2Pe 1:19. Gospel. -- 2Co 4:4; 1Pe 2:9. Ministers. -- Mt 5:14; Joh 5:35. Wise rulers. -- 2Sa 21:17; 23:4. The soul of man. -- Job 18:5,6. Saints. -- Lu 16:8; Eph 5:8; Php 2:15. Future glory of saints. -- Ps 97:11; Col 1:12. The path of the just. -- Pr 4:18. The glory of the church. -- Isa 60:1-3. Whatever makes manifest. -- Joh 3:21; Eph 5:13.
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