12/23/2023 0 Comments Lumen christiWhen there is no light present at all, our eyes will never become accustomed to the darkness.” Lewis, p.15 “It only takes the slightest bit of light for our optical system to adjust and see in the dark. “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.“ Francis of Assisi 1182 - 1226 “It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.“ - Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States 1884 - 1962 Variant: Light a candle instead of cursing the darkness. Le Guin American writer 1929 - 2018 Source: Earthsea Books, The Farthest Shore (1972), Chapter 9, "Orm Embar" (Sparrowhawk) “To see a candle’s light, one must take it into a dark place.“ - Ursula K. “Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.” Anne Frank (attributed, but unlikely the source of the quote) “How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.” Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice ![]() However, from the moment this divine will entered into creation - creation was never the same, it would never again be defined as darkness or chaos, but there would also ways be a light. The light does not vanquish or destroy the darkness, anymore than the light and order of Genesis destroyed or eradicated darkness and chaos. “The life was the light for all people” - not for one religious or enthic group- but all people It was logic that created the cosmos.” Adam Hamilton, John: The Gospel of Light and Life, p.16 God spoke all of creation into existence - with the logos, the divine word, the “heart, character, will, and creative mind of God. Adele Reinhartz, “John” Jewish Annotated New Testament, p.174 They believed in the logos spermatikos or the active reason which permeated all things including humans, who were possessed of the divine logos.Īlexandrian Jewish philosopher Philo believed God’s logos was the first fruit of creation. Zeno of Citium, founder of classical stoicism, believed that logos was the active reason or logic pervading and animating the entire universe. Logos as a foundation principle of creation was not new Logos does mean word, but also much more than simply word: wisdom, logic, knowledge, reason, revelation What they are called to do is to trust the light, to walk in it, and thereby become children of light” ( Texts for Preaching, Year A, p. “All people, whether they believe it or not, live in a world illuminated by the light just as they live in a world created by the Word. ![]() “In the beginning” is direct parallel to Genesis and the creation, which occurs by God speaking, and first bringing light. The relationship between God, The Word, and The Light is a poetic relationship that is difficult to sort out. The first “thing” God speaks into creation is lightĮstablishes the work of God as creator, life-giver, and the invitation into abundant life, Karoline Lewis, Fortress Biblical Preaching Commentaries: John, p.13 Same words benign the Hebrew Bible - Genesis 1:1, in the Septuigent 14-18 The Word, the flesh, God’s new people. ![]() 9-13 Light, the World, God’s people, God’s new people. Incarnation - close relationship between Jesus and God (Father) Rejection of Jesus by the people (Jews vs Judeans) Many themes that are important in the rest of the gospel are found in the prologue Open to many different ways to understand There are a lot of “Or this could mean…” footnotes. Just look at a few different versions of the Bible, and note the footnotes. ![]() “The Gospel of John opens with one of the most challenging texts in the New Testament.” ( Gail O’Day,New Interpreter’s Bible, v.
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