The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

771. Light—A) God, His truth and power of regeneration, renewal, and transformation. B) The word of God specifically. C) Light also signifies the creative powers of Creator God either at work or employed to produce, perform, and grow. (Jesus said, “I am the light of the world” [John 8:19, 9:5].) D) Light guides ones way, pierces the darkness, and provides visibility for traveling, working, and socializing. E) Light is useful for growing, reflecting, and protecting. Isaiah 49:6 spoke about the Lord Jesus being sent as the light of the world long before He came. Psalm 18:28: “For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.” Psalm 119:105 adds: “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Light also represents the eyes making it the equivalent of sight. In ancient times, electrical energy having yet to be invented, light was obtained by candles and torches. Hence, these two become enduring symbols of personal, individual, and portable illumination. Torches, the larger of the two, led the way for crowds and armies and thus represent forceful and advancing light. Progression. Candles generally were carried ahead of small groups and parties. They signify personal and individual guidance, or direction and illumination on a smaller or confined scale. Light is also accepted as spiritual luminescence. Thus supernatural spirits correspond to light in themselves. The human spirit too is seen as light. Jesus the Savior in revealing His Father’s true self told us that “God is light.” First John 1:5 picks up on this theme and lets us know that in God, because He is light and the source of all light, “in Him there is no darkness at all” (nkjv). Thus it is no wonder why His Son came to earth as the “Light of the world.” The Offspring of Light could be nothing less. This line of thought, though somewhat primitive to modernists today, is consistent with the mentality of the ancient world who saw their deities as light and life, and the supreme source of all their illumination. When they broke fellowship or offended the god, they were plunged into darkness. Prophetically, this is what the Lord is warning the prophets of Micah’s day about. The withdrawal of God’s light (illumination) is a divine judgment as seen in Micah 3:5–7. Here is how it reads: “This is what the Lord says: ‘As for the prophets who lead my people astray, if one feeds them, they proclaim “peace”; if he does not, they prepare to wage war against him. Therefore night will come over you, without visions, and darkness, without divination. The sun will set for the prophets, and the day will go dark for them. The seers will be ashamed and the diviners disgraced. They will all cover their faces because there is no answer from God’” (niv).