Mystery for Pondering

Anyone who doubts that the Scripture is about mystery only needs to pause for a bit at the place where the first few words are imprinted upon the page.   After those first few words about the beginning, the Word says in verse 3, "Then God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light."  But, this light of which the Scripture speaks is no ordinary light.  It is an easy thing to run by a written word which is interpreted through the lens of assumption.    

A Biblical commentator takes us away from the truth we claim by assumption as he writes, "...the author affirms the existence of light...without the existence of the sun, which is still three 'days' away...God caused the light to shine from a source other than the sun for the first three days."  Herein is the holy mystery.  The light set forth in the first verses has nothing to do with anything physical, but instead, points to a light that is eternal.  Once again the Word draws us to the first chapter of John where the Word speaks of Jesus by saying, "In Him was life, and the life was the light of all people.  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it."  (John 1:4-5).    

What the Word of God points us toward is a light that emanates not from a physical source, but a spiritual one.  And what is also a part of the holy mystery is that this eternal light becomes powerfully evident and visible through the Incarnate One who said of Himself, "I am the Light of the world.  Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life."  (John 8:12)   Mystery for pondering.