? I am the light of the world; He who follows me will not walk in darkness; on the contrary, will it have the light of life?(John 8:12).
Many opinions circulated about the person of Christ during his public ministry, some thought he was the great eschatological prophet (at the end of time?Jn 7:40), while others thought he really was the Messiah (Jn 7:41). arrested for the disorder caused to him (Jn 7:41-43). Meanwhile, “no one has shaken your hand” because “hasn’t your time come yet?”(Jn 7,30, 44). The second?Am I?Jesus follows these events. Face to face with an adulterous woman and the Pharisees, he declared, “Am I the light of the world?(John 8:12)”.
- Light and darkness are important topics we find in the scriptures.
- Light is often used to describe God and his glory.
- In his epistles.
- John tells us that “God is light and there is no darkness in him” (1 Jn 1:5).
- Jesus.
- Calling himself the light of the world.
- Referred again to his divinity.
- So that there is no doubt about his affirmation.
- There are two other accounts of the Gospels that clearly show us that Jesus shared the same light of God the Father.
- The first is that of transfiguration (Mt 7:1-13).
- In which Jesus radiates from himself the shining glory of God.
- The fact that Jesus shared the same light as the Father is also evident in John 1.
- Verb was God (1.
- 1) and that Word.
- Which took human form in Jesus Christ.
- Was the Light that shines in darkness (1.
- 4).
Jesus’ reference to darkness in John 8:12 is remarkable because the Bible often uses darkness as a metaphor for spiritual blindness (Psalm 107,10; John 3:19). Such darkness cannot suppress the glory of God in Jesus Christ because darkness never conquers light. (Jn 1. 5).
Although the darkness of sin does not obscure the glory of Christ, some men do not understand who Christ is. On the occasion described in John 8:13-20, the Pharisees rejected Christ’s testimony of himself because they said that the second testimony required by law to prove his truthfulness was lacking. Jesus responded by saying that even if He testified alone, his testimony was sufficient, because He knew where he came from and where he was going. Jesus had come to keep the law and told the Pharisees that in fact there were two witnesses, the Father and the Son. However, the Pharisees did not understand this because they only cared about the details of the law and not who they pointed out those details to.
When we read the scriptures, we may worry too much about the details and complexity of their requests, to the point of forgetting that the entire Bible points to Christ. As you read and study it, ask the Holy Ghost to help you understand how all the details refer to Christ.
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