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What does God say about darkness?
But it can only be understood and appreciated when we contrast and compare it to the darkness. Darkness is not a barrier to God. Psalm 139:12 describes God’s response to darkness: “Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You.”
Where did evil come from?
The modern English word evil (Old English yfel) and its cognates such as the German Übel and Dutch euvel are widely considered to come from a Proto-Germanic reconstructed form of *ubilaz, comparable to the Hittite huwapp- ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European form *wap- and suffixed zero-grade form *up-elo-.
Why does darkness exist?
More accurately, darkness does not exist by itself as a unique physical entity, but is simply the absence of light. Any time you block out most of the light – for instance, by cupping your hands together – you get darkness. So there is a band of darkness in between the two spheres of light.
How did God defeat the darkness?
After an extended period of time of battling her, God and his Archangels barely succeeded in sealing the Darkness away by tricking her, using what would later be known as the Mark of Cain as both lock and key, which God entrusted to his most valued lieutenant and favorite son: Lucifer.
What is done in the darkness will come to light?
God has determined as he said in Luke 12:2-3, that the secrets will be uncovered, the truth will come forth, and God’s thought about every behavior and action will be vindicated. What’s done in the dark will come to light, and thank God he has created it to operate so!
How is darkness formed?
Physics. In terms of physics, an object is said to be dark when it absorbs photons, causing it to appear dim compared to other objects. An object may appear dark, but it may be bright at a frequency that humans cannot perceive. A dark area has limited light sources, making things hard to see.
Is the darkness stronger than God supernatural?
Nigh-Omnipotence – Castiel describes The Darkness’ power level as near infinite, and she describes herself as more powerful than God. In fact, she is so powerful that her brother couldn’t defeat her without the archangels, and their combined power was barely enough to seal her away.
Can Amara create?
Low Tier Nigh-Omniscience: Amara holds a great deal of knowledge about creation, but her knowledge is inferior to the Archangels, Horsemen, and Primordial Beings. Amara is able to gain knowledge from Chaos if necessary.
What does God say about hard times?
Psalm 9:9-10 The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Psalm 34:10b Those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. Isaiah 26: 3-4 Those of steadfast mind you keep in peace—because they trust in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for in the Lord God you have an everlasting rock.
Did God Create Darkness or did it always exist?
If the universe already existed when god created everything, then that means god did not create the universe and everything in it because the elements had to exist prior to god creating light, which means darkness is not really a void of nothingness. Christians claimed god created light from darkness but god never created darkness.
Did God create both good and evil?
Similarly, darkness does not exist; it is the absence of light. Evil is the absence of good, or better, evil is the absence of God. God did not have to create evil, but rather only allow for the absence of good. God did not create evil, but He does allow evil.
Why did God create evil?
Evil is not something God created but something missing, out of order. In the Confessions, Augustine describes his epiphany, “I saw that it was not a substance but a perversion of the will when it turns aside from you.” Evil is created because human beings have disordered wills, we turn away from God.
Did God create evil Bible?
God did not create evil, but He does allow evil. If God had not allowed for the possibility of evil, both mankind and angels would be serving God out of obligation, not choice.