What is the LIGHT...???

[tribeofjudah]

A friend of mine has become adversarial about the LIGHT in Genesis 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

We know it is NOT the sun spoken here because the sun/moon were made on day 4 of creation (Gen 1: 15-16)

He attacked my view that: I don't have a problem with not being able to explain this FIRST light and that it sits well with my soul.

He keeps pressing and pressing about what that light is in Gen 1:3 to the point that he said: you've been a Christian all your life and you can't explain that LIGHT?

I don't feel I need to - Jesus is the light of my soul. NOT good enough answer for him. Needless to say, I kicked the (adversarial demon) friend out of my home....asked him to leave as he was attacking my knowledge, belief, and faith. Yes, he is a Christian man, BUT HE IS STUCK ON THIS LIGHT.

I may have done the wrong thing to kick him out, but I was about to loose it as he was pressing and pressing and pressing.

I prayed first about the situation at hand - then asked him to leave. I suggested that he go home and PRAY for understanding of the LIGHT for himself.

Was I wrong to react that way.....??? Help me friends and pray for me and my buddy Ron. We need answers on this LIGHT or it could ruin our friendship.

truly,

tribeofjudah

[tribeofjudah]

Jesus/God is Light of the World

Thy word is a Lamp unto my feet and a Light unto my Path - found in Psalms

This concept SITS WELL WITH MY SOUL.......but here is what I found regarding "Let there be Light" in Genesis. Read and tell me your thoughts:

It's a Language Idiom according to some experts - I would like to agree:

Quote:

Let There Be Light! is a language Idiom that really means, let there be understanding or enlightenment.

To understand Judeo/Christian Religion and the Bible, one must understand the language of that day, or have a translation from someone who totally understood all the aspects of the spoken word in those times. Someone or those who know what the Idioms and Hebrew or Aramaic figures of speech mean.

The language in the Bible is a part of a bread crumb trail to, in Christian parlance, what is called Salvation!

But, if taken literally that trail or journey is longer or may end.

All Spoken languages of the world, both past and today, have idioms, metaphors and mannerisms of speech. This style of speech is called colloquialism.

An idiom is a saying that a stranger to that language cannot understand and therefore takes literally and is usually misunderstood. This is because we use an idiom to say one thing, but we mean another. For example, in Semitic language (Hebrew/Aramaic) one would say, "If your hand offends you, cut it off," which means, if you have a habit of stealing, cut it out. Additionally, "Speak with new tongues," would mean, to learn foreign languages wherever you go. And finally, "Speaking in tongues," (Pentecostalism) is merely, speaking in different dialects (Hebrew and Aramaic). Some Western or American/English idioms, "He is in hot water", "He is in a jam" really means, He is in trouble. Also, if one is "Fired or Canned," they are not burnt or put in a can; it would mean they lost their job.

Idioms and colloquialisms cannot be taken literally. Did the original Greek translators of the Aramaic, really understand Aramaic Idioms, or did they take them literally? Did the translators of King James even get the proper translations from Aramaic to Greek to work with? Did the mostly uneducated Disciples speak in Aramaic, and then write in Greek or Latin from the Roman influence of the times? Probably not, the Disciples were mostly illiterate fishermen, with the exception of Matthew the Publican, who would have had to be able to count, read, and write, to be a tax collector for the Romans. Remember, in that day and culture, there was no public education. Only the highest in society were literate. They would have been the Merchants, Government, Scribes, and Pharisees. Additionally, and surely after the Romans got there, the Government would have been the Church, which would have included the

Scribes, Pharisees and Roman oversight for public order.

Source: Dr George M. Lamsa - Idioms in the Bible Explained (Biblical Scholar and Aramaic Language Expert.)

http://www.squidoo.com/bible-truth

[ClubV12]

The creation of our milky way system (our Galaxy, one of a couple of hundred billion or so) in a region of space so remote and obscure that the light from other heavenly bodies (other galaxies within the Universe) was so far away it could not reach here.

And then the final touches, a sun, moon, planets in our tiny region, just for us!

Wonderful to contemplate the mysteries of God, as long as it doesn't lead to fights!!