"God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the
darkness." Genesis 1:4 (NIV)
Here is where something is first called good, and where God separates light
and darkness. The Bible
Lexicon and the QBible
both have the figurative meaning of darkness as misery, destruction, death,
wickedness, sorrow, or ignorance. So by separating the light maybe that
caused the darkness to be created, since darkness is the absence of
light. Perhaps this is when evil came into being. Maybe evil is the
absence of good. Not that it can't be purposefully, even light can be
blocked or darkness created on purpose.
I don't believe this is saying darkness equals evil,
but it could be a symbolism purposely put in the Bible for us to see and
use. God does specifically call the light good, but says nothing about
the darkness. Really this is a very simple verse that says what it means
and means what it says.
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