Let there be light! (Gen 1:2-3)

“Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.” Genesis 1:2-3

As I stated in my previous blog entry, the first words of the bible recorded were “In Christ”. Pretty awesome that the concept of being “in Christ” was the very first concept God shared with us all, but what about the first words that God Himself spoke to us? They are spoken in verse three, where God said “Let there be light” and there was light.

The earth was formless, it was empty and it was covered in darkness, and then God in his grace said “Let there be light” and then everything changed. God literally sent the light into the world, and that decree brought about a truly wonderful transformation!

So who is the light? In the gospel of John, Jesus declares the glorious truth: “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

So here we see that the very first words God declared to the world was actually “Let Jesus be sent into the world” and He was! So if the first concept God shared with us was about being ‘In Christ’ then the first word God spoke to us was ‘Christ has been sent to us!”

Perhaps we could even be so bold as to paraphrase the first 3 verses of Genesis to say:

“In Christ God created the heavens and the earth; and by God’s grace he sent His one and only Son into the world to give them the light of life!”

Isn’t it incredibly wonderful to see the gospel message being proclaimed by God right from the very first three verses of the Bible! Woohooo, we serve an amazing God who has truly known the beginning from the end, and has planned our glorious salvation from before time began!

This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Saviour, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. Timothy 1:9-10

Praise God, the gospel of God’s grace truly was God’s all consuming passion right from the beginning, ever from before time began!