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18 September 2010, updated 14 January 2011, small update 17 April 2011. Small update 8 August 2011.
By Mark Farquharson
There are two forms of light and two forms of darkness. One form is physical, the other is spiritual. There is spiritual light and spiritual darkness, and there is physical light and physical darkness. The scriptures make it clear that all spiritual darkness will end, but what about all physical darkness? This is not make clear in the scriptures, but there has been a revelation to me about this, which I will detail in this article.
End of Spiritual Darkness:
First a quick look at the ending of all spiritual darkness.
1John 2:8 Again, a new precept am I writing to you, which is true in Him and in you, for the darkness is passing by, and the true light already is appearing." {CLV}
Spiritual darkness is passing by, it is going, it is only lasting a short time and the true light had already appeared, that is Christ. While Christ left the earth, the light was still here, for believers are the light. For more on believers being the light refer to my article: “Light of the World”
The spiritual darkness will pass from all mankind when they have entered the new Jerusalem. All spiritual darkness will end when all the evil Spirit beings, including Satan have been cleansed and purified, in the Lake of Fire.
New Heaven and New Earth
Revelation 21:1 And I perceived a new heaven and a new earth, for the former heaven and the former earth pass away, and the sea is no more."
This old earth will be completely destroyed, this is not all spiritual, this old earth will be destroyed.
The word heaven here can just refer to the sky, it does not have to refer to the place where the angels are, meaning that there will be a new sky to go with the new earth. Heaven can also refer to the Universe, outer space. However it does not have to mean the Universe, it can just mean the sky. Why then do I think there will be a new Universe, I will get to that.
The New Jerusalem
While there will be an end to all spiritual darkness, this does not mean an end to all physical darkness. Why then do I think there will be an end to all Physical darkness? Lets first look at the new Jerusalem. Some believe there will be no actual city, that this is all spiritual, however I do believe there will be an actual city. The size of the New Jerusalem is really huge 12000 stadia or about 1500 miles or 2400 kilometres in length and breadth and height {Revelation 21:16}. Is the city going to be as big as the bible says, or is that really all just spiritual? I myself believe the city will be an actual city as big as the bible says it will be. The city itself will descend to the new Earth, to rest on a enormous mountain.
Revelation 21:1-2 And I perceived a new heaven and a new earth, for the former heaven and the former earth pass away, and the sea is no more." I perceived the holy city, new Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband." {CLV}
Isaiah 2:2-3 But it shall come to pass, in the afterpart of the days, That the mountain of the house of Yahweh Shall be, set up, as the head of the mountains, And be exalted above the hills,—And all the nations, shall stream thereunto; And many peoples shall go and say—Come ye, and let us ascend Unto the mountain of Yahweh Unto the house of the God of Jacob, That he may teach us of his ways, And we may walk in his paths,—For, out of Zion, shall go forth a law, And the word of Yahweh out of Jerusalem; {Rotherham}
This reveals that there will actually be a enormous mountain. For there is a mountain of Yahweh, as well as a house of the God of Jacob. On top of this mountain will be the house of Yahweh, that is the new Jerusalem.
No Need of Sun or Moon
Isaiah 60:19-20 No further, for you, is the sun coming to be for light by day, and for brightness the moon shall not give light to you at night. Yet Yahweh comes to be your light eonian, and your Elohim to be your beauty." No further shall your sun set, nor your moon be gathered in, for Yahweh shall be yours for light eonian; {CLV}
Yahweh: the name of Our Supreme God. Elohim: God’s title.
Yahweh Elohim, will be the light and the beauty of the new Jerusalem. There will be no sun or moon for light.
Revelation 21:23-25 And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon, that they should be appearing in it, for the glory of God illuminates it, and its lamp is the Lambkin." And the nations shall be walking by means of its light, and the kings of the earth are carrying their glory into it." And its portals should under no circumstances be locked by day; for there shall be no night there.{CLV}
The city here is the New Jerusalem, which will have no need of sun nor of the moon, and there will be no more night in the city. For the Glory of God, not only provides spiritual light, but also physical light, for the Sun and moon provide physical light, and they will not be needed inside the city. The people in the city will all be immortal, which means they will not need to sleep ever again, hence no need for night. The city also has the lamp which is the lambkin, Jesus Christ.
Revelation 22:3-5 And there shall be no more any doom, and the throne of God and of the Lambkin shall be in it. And His slaves shall be offering divine service to Him." And they shall be seeing His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads." And night shall be no more, and they have no need of lamplight and sunlight, for the Lord God shall be illuminating them. {CLV}
The people in the new Jerusalem will have no need of lamplight and sunlight, for they will be illuminated by the Lord God.
The question then is how much light from inside, the glory of God, and the lamp, Jesus Christ will illuminate outside the city?
Psalms 72:17-19 His Name shall remain for the eon; Before the sun shall His Name be propagated, And all nations shall bless themselves in Him and call Him happy." Blessed be Yahweh, Elohim, the Elohim of Israel, Doing marvelous works by Himself alone, And blessed be His glorious Name for the eon! The entire earth shall be filled with His glory! {CLV}
Habakkuk 2:14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of Yahweh's glory, as the waters are covering over the sea." {CLV}
Spiritual light will extend over the whole earth for the nations will walk by the means of this light and the entire earth will be filled with the Lord’s glory. However as mentioned earlier the light is not just spiritual light, but actually also physical light.
There will still be spiritual darkness, as the nations will be in spiritual darkness, but over time they will start to walk by the light of the city. Over time they will move from the darkness to the light. The evil spirit beings will also be in spiritual darkness but they will not stay evil, and they will move into the spiritual light as well.
I do believe the physical light from the city will extend greatly outside. One could think the light will be like the Sun and only cover one side of the new earth, leaving the other side in darkness. However this is not light from the Sun and does not have to behave the same way. I do believe the light will extended over the whole new earth, and that there will be no physical darkness on the new earth at all, for there will be no night time. Since the spiritual light will cover the whole earth, so will the physical light cover the whole earth. Thus there will be no need of Sun or moon at all on the new earth, for the light will extended over the whole earth. But does this mean there will be no Sun or moon?
For there to be no need of Sun or moon, the light would have to extend out over the whole solar system to light all the planets. One should not think of this as impossible. God’s glory can extend greatly, in fact just covering a planet is nothing for the glory of God, and a solar system is nothing as well. How far will this glory extend?
Universe of Light
Matthew 24:29-30 Now immediately after the affliction of those days the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not be giving her beams, and the stars shall be falling from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken." And then shall appear the sign of the Son of Mankind in heaven, and then all the tribes of the land shall grieve, and they shall see the Son of Mankind coming on the clouds of heaven with power and much glory."{CLV} {Also Mark 13:24-27 & Luke 21:25-28}
I have thought about this as refer to the fact that all the stars will darken, and with the Sun not shining or the moon, along with a total power failure over the whole earth, it would result in complete darkness, just before Christ returns. For a lot more on the return of Christ on the Day of the Lord refer to my article: “Christ’s Second Advent, the Day of the Lord”
Rev 21:1 And I perceived a new heaven and a new earth, for the former heaven and the former earth pass away, and the sea is no more." {CLV}
The whole universe along with the present earth will pass away. There will be a whole new universe, heaven, and a new earth. In a new universe of light, the stars would not be needed. For the glory of God would light the whole universe, not just the new earth or the solar system.
I do not believe that there are billions of planets out there in the universe. There are not even billions of stars. What we have been told about the present universe is a bunch of lies. For it is far smaller than what we have been told.
What would be in all this universe, since all planets will have been destroyed? There will be the new Earth, but the new Earth will not be the only new planet in the new Universe. The other planets and moons could be replaced by new versions. These I would think would have plants and animals on them. For the Lord, Christ is to make ALL NEW.
Revelation 21:5 And He Who is sitting on the throne said, "Lo! New am I making all! And He is saying, "Write, for these sayings are faithful and true."
This would mean that the Universe would not be dark as it is now. If you go out into space it is dark. The new Universe would be full of light, there would be no physical darkness. That means an end to both spiritual darkness and physical darkness.
Copyright © Mark J Farquharson 2010, updated 14 January 2011, small update 17 April 2011. Small update 8 August 2011. Edited August 26 2018
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