Darkness Of The Moon
"Darkness" in each the old testomony (Heb. hasak [J;v'j]) and New testomony (Gk.skotos [skovto"]) is an evocative word. If mild symbolizes God, darkness connotes the whole lot that is anti-God: the depraved ( Prov 2:13-14 ; 1 Thess 5:four-7 ), judgment ( Exod 10:21 ; Matt 25:30 ), and dying ( Psalm 88:12 ).
God can veil himself in darkness at moments of extremely good revelation ( Deut four:eleven ; 5:23 ; Psalm 18:eleven ).
John 1:5 - "And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not".
Darkness And Crucifixion
Darkness and Crucifixion. it's far towards this background that the emphasis on darkness within the crucifixion scene may be understood. Luke statistics, "it was now about the sixth hour, and darkness got here over the complete land till the 9th hour, for the sun stopped shining.
while darkness regularly accompanies the thought of death in Scripture (cf. job 10:21-22 ), darkness on the crucifixion scene presentations God's displeasure on humankind for crucifying his son.
John 11:10 - "But if a man walk in the night, he stumble, because there is no light in him".
The Plague Of Darkness
The plague (the 9th) of darkness in Egypt ( Exodus 10:21 ) is described as darkness "which can be felt." It covered "all of the land of Egypt," in order that "they noticed no longer one another." It did not enlarge to the land of Gosh-en (ver. 23). Whilst Jesus hung upon the cross ( Matthew 27:45 ; Luke 23:forty four ), from the "6th hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour."
Acts 26:18 - "To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me".
Darkness ~ Symbol Of The Judgments
Darkness ( Isaiah 13:9 Isaiah 13:10 ; Matthew 24:29 ) also is a symbol of the judgments that attend on the coming of the Lord. it's miles a image of distress and adversity ( job 18:6 ; Psalms 107:10 ; Isaiah eight:22 ; Ezek. 30:18 ). The "day of darkness" in Joel 2:2 , resulting from clouds of locusts, is a symbol of the obscurity which overhangs all divine complaints. "Works of darkness" are impure movements ( Ephesians five:11 ).
Luke 1:79 - To give light to them that sit in darkness and [in] the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Darkness, Final Time
- The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom.
- A country of privacy; secrecy.
- A nation of lack of awareness or mistakes, particularly on moral or non secular subjects; as a result, wickedness; impurity.
- need of clearness or perspicuity; obscurity; as, the darkness of a topic, or of a discussion.
- A state of distress or problem.
Ephesians 6:12 - For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].
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