Henry Morris, in his book, The Remarkable Record of Job, writes about the Laws of nature.
He says: "Throughout Job we also find a strong emphasis on the dependability of the laws and constants now controlling God's creation." p. 46
"The most fundamental form of energy is light. In fact, all the electro-magnetic force systems (all types of energy except gravity and the nuclear forces) are essentially different forms of light energy operating on different wave lengths. Even the nuclear forces involve the velocity of light. God's first Word, when He energized the created cosmos, was: "Let there be light!" (Genesis 1:3)
In speaking to Job, God uttered a profoundly modern scientific question when he asked, "Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and where is the place of darkness" Job 38:19 (ESV). ....Light is not to be located in a certain place or situation. Neither does is simply appear, or disappear, instantaneously. Light is traveling! ....though ususally traveling in waves, sometimes is seems to move as a stream of particles, but it is always moving.
God also asked: "Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and where is the place of darkness" Job 38:19 (ESV) When light stops traveling, there is darkness. Darkness is static, staying in place but light is dynamic, dwelling in a way. Bound up in these energies of light, the electromagnetic spectrum, and the relation between matter and energy are all the phenomena of the physical cosmos."
Jesus said, I AM THE LIGHT OF WORLD! This is a living truth from God's Word. But using the thoughts that Morris has expressed, the reality of Jesus as light is expanded. Light is not static -- Jesus is not static, he is vibrant, alive, acting. Psalm 27:1. Light is not located in a certain place of situtation -- Jesus as God is omnipresent, everywhere. When light stops traveling, there is darkness. If we refuse to walk with Jesus, the only option left us is darkness. John 8:12 --Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Psalms 27:1 (ESV)
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Isaiah 60:1 (ESV)
Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." John 8:12(ESV)
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 1 John 1:7 (ESV)
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Thanks for posting this. I had never thought about the light of the world being a moving, active force because it is light and movement is the very nature of light. In order to be the light to the dark world that Christ asks us to be, we need to move. Realizing that growth is a definate part of that movement.
Sounds like an interesting book, Henry Morris had such a unique way of writing about the facts and figures, can keep even my very unscientific mind interested.
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