We have been exploring the revelation of night and day, light and darkness and have discovered that these are symbolic elements that represent the state of the heart’s of men.  We have explored the fact that God created a division between two different distinct groups of people which Jesus Christ implemented with His death and resurrection.  One group is those who belong to Christ and are said to be the children of the light and the day.  Those who don’t belong to Christ are those who walk in darkness live in the night.  Let’s look at another verse that confirms this:

Romans 2:19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,

 According to this scripture God writes to the church and declares them to be a guiding light to the blind, those who are in darkness.  Right there we know that we the church are not in the darkness, but yet we are the one’s which can shine the light for those who are unable to see spiritually.  What is blindness?  It is the inability to see light.  How is it that some people can see and understand the Bible and many others can’t?  Here is the answer to that question:

2 Corinthians 4:4  In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them that believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

This verse of scripture contains so much revelation that it is difficult to stick to the point at hand.  However, it declares that the “god of this world” has blinded those who are in darkness.  Let’s stop right there and determine who is the “god of this world”?  Most of you should already understand that this is Satan, the dragon, the serpent, the devil, the deceiver, the thief, the accuser of the brethren, the adversary, the father of lies, Beelzebub, Lucifer and I could go on and on.  This enemy of God and the church goes by a bunch of identities and names in the Bible but they all direct us to one spirit being called Satan.  The verse in 2 Corinthians 4:4 tells us that there are those who are in spiritual darkness because of this enemy that has caused them not to believe.  It in effect says that Satan is blocking the light from shining in so that they are not able to see spiritually.  It also confirms that Jesus Christ is the light or the Sun that is trying to shine in on the hearts of those men in the darkness. 

I hope you are grasping the powerful symbolism that Genesis is providing us.  What we are beginning to see is two different rulers, two different gods, one god of this world and one God our Lord Jesus Christ.  Two different kingdoms, one of light and one of darkness.  Two groups of people those who live in the night who are unable to see and those who walk in the light and can see where they are going.  It is a profound symbolic representation of the spiritual state of two completely different groups of people.  We will continue more  in the next lesson and hopefully finish up day 4.