The Light of Darkness
An online Bible study/marking group that I'm in has been giving us prayer prompts lately stemming from a word thread post we used earlier on the word darkness . Each day the moderator will post a verse from that thread to prompt us to use in order to pray Scripture. Today the verse was Luke 11:35, "Make sure that the light you think you have is not actually darkness." I have meditated on this verse most of the day. I even took a nap and dusted a few trinkets I keep in my windowsill, before the Spirit brought to mind something I had learned earlier this year and that is the idea of Satan in the ancient near east mindset, as the Shining One. Paul, a Hebrew of Hebrews, wrote in 2 Corinthians 11:14, "Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light". What's interesting is the verses surrounding my prompt verse in Luke 11 speak of vision, and the importance of having a "good eye" vs a "bad eye" or that your vision be "healthy" vs ...