Dark
![Sunlight in a dark forest](/bundles/ncbsw/media/Caleb%20Schnarr%20Dark%20woods.webp)
Darkness" is a state without light. "Light" is truth from the Lord, so "darkness" represents a state where truth is lacking. Here's a cogent passage from Arcana Coelestia: "The person who has yet to be regenerated is called 'a void and an empty earth', and also 'ground', in which no good or truth at all has been sown - 'void' where there is no good, and 'empty' where there is no truth. Consequently there is 'thick darkness', or stupidity and lack of knowledge about anything that has to do with faith in the Lord and so anything that has to do with spiritual and celestial life. (Arcana Coelestia 17)
#160 Another Breach: The Bible Seems Crude, Archaic, Irrational and Unscientific
Ni Jonathan S. Rose
![The Cristo Rei (Christ the King) stands above the bay of Dili, East Timor. The statue was erected by the Indonesian government in 1996, when East Timor was an Indonesian province. (2006 Photo By Jeffrey Kingston) Dili Bay with Jesus statue](/bundles/ncbsw/media/Dilibay-4.webp)
Title: Another Breach: The Bible Seems Crude and Archaic, Irrational and Unscientific
Topic: Second Coming
Summary: We look at how Scripture is viewed from a "scientific" standpoint, and ponder the future of religion and science.
Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.
References:
Exodus 4:24-26
Matthew 11:7-9
Esther 8:11
Genesis 1:26
Matthew 27:3-6
Acts of the Apostles 1:16
Isaiah 19:23-25
Ezekiel 29:1-ff