Based on John 8:12-20 (New King James Version)
“Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.’ The Pharisees therefore said to Him, ‘You bear witness of Yourself; Your witness is not true.’ Jesus answered and said to them, ‘Even if I bear witness of Myself, My witness is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from and where I am going. You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one. And yet if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent Me. It is also written in your law that the testimony of two men is true. I am One who bears witness of Myself, and the Father who sent Me bears witness of Me.’ Then they said to Him, ‘Where is Your Father?’ Jesus answered, ‘You know neither Me nor My Father. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also.’ These words Jesus spoke in the treasury, as He taught in the temple; and no one laid hands on Him, for His hour had not yet come.”
What kind of light is Jesus? It can only be understood when a person understands who Jesus is (we will see this a little later). But, for starters, the light that emanates from the Lord has different forms, different dimensions, and different aspects; there is not just one type of light, or a form of His light, and we will some of them.
One aspect of the light of God is that God made the physical light. If we can physically see things today, it’s because God made it. For it is written: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.” Genesis 1:1-5. So then, if it were not for the Lord, we would not have any type of physical light to be able to see daily like objects, colors, nature, the sky, the stars, the firmament, the sea; practically everything that exists; that can be contemplated with our sight.
Another aspect of God’s light is human life. Without God’s light, human beings could not exist. Whether people believe it or not, God’s light is what allows for each human being to be able to live, physically speaking. For it is written: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.” John 1:1-4. In His light, there is physical life. Without everything that was created, and that all things subsist in Him, there just could simply be no life for men, for it is written: “Thus says God the Lord, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it, Who gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to those who walk on it.” Isaiah 42:5. God’s light is what allows for absolutely everything to have material life.
The other aspect of the Light of God is the guidance towards eternal things, and also, the guidance so we are able to lead a different life here on earth. The Bible teaches us this: “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” Psalm 119:105. The Lord gives us the light to be able to come to eternal life. Without His guidance, we cannot get to eternity. He is the One that lights our path so we can understand our error and sin, so we can understand that we need to leave those things behind, and that we need to invite Him to be the Master and Lord of our lives, because His Light shows us that if we don’t do it, we will remain in darkness with an assured destiny leading straight to hell, where the Bible says that only weeping and gnashing of teeth exists. And together with this, with the new life that the Lord gives us through His Light, He also gives us the light of reason, of wisdom, of vision, of the knowledge of God, to be able to understand what is good and not good for us to do here on earth, so that what we do here could be for our own good, and for the good of others now, and so it all counts towards eternity; because good works do count in Christ, and they do have reward.
But there is something that makes this Light as great as it is, that gives it a unique and unlimited power, and that is, that when a person accepts the Lord, they also accept God’s Divine Trinity. We saw in today’s passage that if we know the Son, we will also know the Father. And the Word not only says that we shall know Them, but They can come to live in our lives, if we love Jesus and keep His Word, for it is written: “…If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.” John 14:23. The Bible also teaches us that the Three are One, so then, when receiving Jesus, we also receive the fullness of the Divine Trinity, for it is also written: “For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.” 1 John 5:7. Therefore, by receiving Jesus in our life, we receive the magnitude of the greatest Being (Beings) in the universe, which can completely change our lives. Nothing can compare to Their Presence. That’s why the giants of faith gave everything they had, even their own lives for this faith, because of the reality of experiencing the Most High within their being, like Abraham, Moses, David, Daniel, Paul, John, Peter, and so many others that were before us. Because in the end, if we truly believe and receive the Lord’s light, we shall see great things here and in eternity, for it is written: “Jesus said to her, ‘Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?’” John 11:40
In summary and through all of this, we understand that the Lord’s light has made and sustains everything that was created, and moreover, it even gives physical life to man, to both the believer and the unbeliever. And we also understand that His Light gives us eternal life and all the knowledge to be able to live life here. So, do you really understand what the Lord’s light truly offers? And if you do understand, have you come to surrender your life to Him in a such a way that allows you to experience light like no other, the Light of Jesus? Lord bless! John