PAGE 9 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (THE LIGHT)

SATAN, THE EMBODIMENT OF EVIL, DARKNESS AND VANITY, FILLS ALL THE EARTH, WHICH IS NOTHING BUT THE DEEP OR THE ABYSS, BUT THANKFULLY, WE READ THAT "...THE SPIRIT OF GOD WAS HOVERING OVER THE WATERS." THE THIRD PERSON OF THE TRINITY WAS HOVERING, MOVING AND SHAKING OVER THE EARTH, AWAITING THE WORD OF GOD TO SPEAK OUT AND COMMAND.

THE WORD OF GOD AND THE HOLY SPIRIT ACT IN UNISON; THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN NOT ACT WITHOUT THE WORD OF GOD AND THE WORD OF GOD IS ACTIVATED THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT. THIS WAS TRUE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD AND NOW TRUE FOR ALL BELIEVERS IN YESHUA, JESUS.  THE ONLY WAY WE CAN WALK IN FULL POWER AND GIFTING IS WITH BOTH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE  WORD OF GOD FOUND IN THE HEBREW BIBLE.

THE HOLY SPIRIT AWAITS GOD'S COMMAND:  "LET THERE BE LIGHT" AND IMMEDIATELY, "....THERE WAS LIGHT...GOD SAW THAT THE LIGHT WAS GOOD." GEN 1:2.  THE HEBREW WORD FOR LIGHT IS "OR"WHICH MEANS "A LIGHT, DAWN, SUN LIGHT, OR LIGHTNING". OUT OF THIS DEEP DARKNESS, WHICH IS  THE EVIL OF SATAN, GOD ESTABLISHES A LIGHT IN THE WORLD, WHICH IS  YESHUA.

THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY AMAZING PROPHECIES IN THE HEBREW BIBLE. IT IS FULFILLED AT THE BEGINNING AND LIKE THE RIPPLES OF WATER IN THE POND, IS FURTHER FULFILLED AT THE FIRST COMING OF THE MESSIAH YESHUA, IS FULFILLED IN THOSE THAT BELIEVE IN YESHUA, AND IS ULTIMATELY FULFILLED AT THE SECOND COMING OF YESHUA.

AT THE TIME OF YESHUA'S FIRST COMING TO EARTH, THERE WAS GREAT DARKNESS IN ISRAEL.  THEY WERE RULED BY THE ROMANS AND THE BRUTAL RULER HEROD. THE JEWISH RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP WAS CORRUPT AND WICKED.  THE PROPHET ISAIAH PROPHECIES THAT YESHUA'S BIRTH WAS LIKE A GREAT LIGHT DAWNING OUT OF THE DARKNESS:

"...IN THE FUTURE HE WILL HONOR GALILEE OF THE GENTILES, BY THE WAY OF THE SEA, ALONG THE JORDAN-THE PEOPLE WALKING IN DARKNESS HAVE SEEN A GREAT LIGHT; ON THOSE LIVING IN THE LAND OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH A LIGHT HAS DAWNED.....FOR TO US A CHILD IS BORN, TO US A SON IS GIVEN, AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE ON HIS SHOULDERS. AND HE WILL BE CALLED WONDERFUL COUNSELOR, MIGHTY GOD..."ISAIAH 9

THE APOSTLE JOHN WRITES ABOUT THE FIRST COMING OF YESHUA. HE WRITES THAT THE "WORD OF GOD" WHO THROUGH ALL THINGS WERE MADE" BECOMES FLESH AND MADE HIS DWELLING AMONG US." JOHN 1 HE WRITES"

"IN HIM WAS LIFE, AND THAT LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN. THE LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS, BUT THE DARKNESS HAS NOT UNDERSTOOD IT. THERE CAME A MAN WHO WAS SENT FROM GOD; HIS NAME WAS JOHN. HE CAME AS A WITNESS TO TESTIFY CONCERNING THAT LIGHT, SO THAT THROUGH HIM ALL MEN MIGHT BELIEVE.  HE HIMSELF WAS NOT THE LIGHT; HE CAME ONLY AS A WITNESS TO THE LIGHT.  THE TRUE LIGHT THAT GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN WAS COMING INTO THE WORLD." JOHN 1:4-9

THIS PROPHECY IS THEN FULFILLED IN INDIVIDUAL BELIEVERS FOR JOHN SAYS THAT THE "TRUE LIGHT" WHICH IS YESHUA "GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN". IT IS A TRUTH THAT YESHUA CAN BE FOUND THE EASIEST WHEN WE ARE IN A DARK PLACE IN OUR LIVES. WHEN HARDSHIP COMES UPON US; WHEN LIFE SEEMS TO NOT MAKE SENSE; WHEN, WE ARE TROUBLED BY THE EVIL AND SUFFERING WE SEE IN THE WORLD; AND WHEN WE COME TO THE END OF OURSELVES. YESHUA IN HIS SERMON ON THE MOUNT SAID "BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO ARE POOR IN SPIRIT",  "BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HUNGER FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS," AND "BLESSED ARE THOSE THAT MOURN." MAT 5: 3

PAULS SAYS IN COLLOSIANS 1:13

"FOR HE HAS RESCUED US FROM THE DOMINION OF DARKNESS AND BROUGHT US INTO THE KINGDOM OF THE SON HE LOVES."

PAUL SAYS IN 1 CORINTHIANS 4:3

"FOR GOD, WHO SAID, 'LET LIGHT SHINE OUT OF DARKNESS, MADE HIS LIGHT SHINE IN OUR HEARTS TO GIVE US THE LIGHT OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE FACE OF CHRIST."

BEFORE WE FIND YESHUA, WE ARE RULED BY DARKNESS, THE DOMINION OF SATAN, AND THEN AFTER WE FIND HIM AND BELIEVE IN HIM, HE FREES US FROM SATAN'S RULE AND BRINGS US INTO THE KINGDOM OF LIGHT. HE THEN GIVES US HIS LIGHT.  YESHUA SAYS  TO HIS DISCIPLES IN MATTHEW 5: 14-16 :

"YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. A CITY ON A HILL CANNOT BE HIDDEN."