SPECIAL TOPIC: "LIGHT"

Light is biblical imagery for

1. YHWH, His Person and action
   1. Old Testament
      1. YHWH's self revelation ‒ Ps. 18:28; 27:1; 119:10
      2. YHWH's personal presence
         1. the Shekinah cloud of glory, see SPECIAL TOPIC: SHEKINAH
         2. Ps. 104:2; Isa. 2:5
      3. creation imagery ‒ Gen. 1:3-4,14-19; Ps. 136:7
      4. revelation imagery ‒ Micah 7:7-8 (note 1 Pet. 2:9)
   2. New Testament
      1. God is Light
         1. in Paul ‒ 1 Tim. 6:16
         2. in James ‒ James 1:17
         3. in 1 John ‒ 1 John 1:5; 2:8
         4. in Revelation ‒ Rev. 22:5 (note Isa. 60:20)
      2. Jesus is Light ‒ John 1:4-5,9; 3:19; 8:12; 9:5; 12:35,46; Acts 9:3; 1 John 1:5;
         Rev. 21:23 (note Isa. 9:2; 49:6)
      3. Jesus' followers ‒ Matt. 5:14-16; John 8:12; 12:36; Eph. 5:8; 1 Thess. 5:5
   
   
2. Light is imagery for
   1. revelation (i.e., 1 Pet. 2:9)
   2. truth (i.e., John 1:9; 1 John 2:8)
   3. salvation (i.e., Ps. 27:1; John 1:4-5)
   4. guidance (i.e., Ps. 119:105)
   5. moral purity (i.e., 1 John 1:7)

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