Genesis 1:4-5 (God divided the light from the darkness)

 

(God divided the light from the darkness)

(Genesis 1:4-5) And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. 』

 

『 God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 』 The light contains the promise that "God will give light to the world of darkness, and one day true light will come to this world." The light of matter shines this world, and likewise the true light of God comes and shines upon the dead spirit. However, the light of the world cannot shines the whole world at the same time. When light goes, darkness comes, and when light comes, darkness goes away. Light and darkness cannot coexist.

 

Why did God divide light and darkness? This does not mean physically dividing, but it means that when true light comes into the world, it is divided into those who enter true light and those who are in darkness. In John 1:5, "And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. When Jesus Christ comes to this world, he is divided into those who are in Christ and those who are outside. In order to enter into Christ, we must die with Jesus.

In John 3:19-21『And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.  For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.  But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. 』 Those who are in the true light are those who have eternal life. Knowing and believing in Jesus is not eternal life, but united with Jesus who died on the cross. We can realize that there are three types of faith. First, the people trapped in Egypt were able to exodus because of the blood of the Passover lamb. The second was to send twelve spies from Canadebadea to Canaan, and the ten spies said, "If you enter, you die." Only Joshua and Caleb said, "If we enter Canaan, we will occupy the land."

 

It is said that all the exodus from the people believed in the words of the ten spies and wept and wept. They wandered for 40 years in the wilderness and died. They are called old man. And the new mans, born in the wilderness, went into Canaan with Joshua and Caleb. Third, God gave the law before the people entered Canaan, but they said that if they kept the law well, they would be righteous. So, the people tried hard to keep the law, and they thought they were righteous by offering sacrifices when they sinned. These are those who have fallen into their own righteousness. It is his righteousness to try to achieve righteousness through the law.

 

God told the people, "Through the law, realize that all people are sinners, discover Christ the descendant of the promise and wait for the Messiah." But the people did not. Applying this to the present day, the Exodus relies on Jesus' blood to escape from Satan. However, to enter Canaan (Christ), he tells us that the old man must die. In other words, the old man means the physical identity of self. Jesus said to deny himself. Even if people lean on Jesus' blood, they will not enter Christ unless they deny themselves. In Romans 6:6-7『Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.  For he that is dead is freed from sin. 』 And, the Bible says that even when people enter Canaan, they must be circumcised not by law but by circumcision. The circumcision of the heart is the circumcision of Christ. If you die with Jesus, you will be resurrected with Jesus. However, if you are bound by the law like the Pharisees, the resurrection does not apply. For those who hold onto the law, Christ has not come to them. Those who have entered into Christ are dead by the law. So people who have nothing to do with the law, if they say they died with Christ and live legally, they are lying.

 

So, salvation must not only rely on the blood of Jesus, but the old man must die and be circumcised in the heart to reach righteousness. In Leviticus, even the cleansing consciousness of unclean things must be offered as a sin offering and a burnt offering. Atonement is a blood-spraying sacrifice, but burnt offerings are burned and destroyed. In other words, it means that the old man dies with Jesus.

 

To be one with Christ, we must die for the world (Satan), die for the sin (old man), and die for the law. That is why the saint enters Christ and is at the right hand of God in Christ. Before Jesus died on the cross, he prayed to God and prayed that the disciples would be one, just as Jesus is one with God. It is said in John 17:21-23.『That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.  And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:  I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. 』

 

In Matthew 24:38-39, 『For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 』 The Bible says, "They did not know why the Flood was there, and even until they reached death." The reason is God's judgment. When Jesus comes again, judgment is the same. In order to be saved, the above three must be accomplished.

 

『God divided the light from the darkness 』. This is what God planned for salvation before the foundation of the world. This is grace. People are in the dark, but do not realize that they are in the dark. People ask how the light and darkness can be divided before the sun and moon are created.

 

Those who have the knowledge of the world should not judge the wisdom of God. 『God called light day and darkness called night』. Why did God make this day and night so? The beginning of this world began in darkness. If there is always light, darkness does not come. So, God did not always have light on this earth. When there is no light, it becomes darkness by itself. The reason is to realize that all human beings are trapped in darkness without light. So it means that you are in the dark, but you must meet the light. For humans in the dark, it means that God will come as light.

Romans 1:19-20『Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: 』 It is in the middle of darkness, but the light comes. It is a truth that everyone knows. However, the reason people don't realize that they are in the dark is because they are thinking of light first. Human beings are like light, but think they become dark. So, they try hard to be light and want to be like God. They are living by being deceived by Satan. In John 8:12, 『Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. "In order to escape from Satan, we must enter into Christ.