Biblical truth reveals that all light is birthed through darkness and that salvation comes when the light of the truth pierces our dark hearts. The reason the word “light” (“Or” in Hebrew) appears five times on the first day of creation is because it represents the five books of Torah that give us light and life. Additionally, this is why in B’resheet (Gen 1:4) “THE LIGHT” has a number value of 613, hinting at the number of commandments in the Torah. The first verse of B’resheet in Hebrew contains seven words, five of them about creation and two of them about the Eternal One, Alef - Tav. Everything works on the concept of darkness first then light. Even the human eye has a black spot called the retina, but light has to pass through this dark spot first before you can see.

The “light” of the weekly Sabbath begins at “sundown” not sun up. The human is formed inside of his mother’s dark womb. Trials and difficulties also mark the beginnings of darkness, but there is always the light of salvation to look forward to. We can look forward to the light even as the Israelites who were brought out of Egypt at night came into the light (Deu 16:1). Also the light of the moon begins it’s monthly cycle in darkness, emerging once again each month as light. Each day the sun rises from darkness into the giving of the daily light for us. Then “The Light” Yeshua, emerges out of the dark line of David. David on his maternal side was a descendent of Ruth, who was a descendent of Lot. Then David on his paternal side, came into being as a result of Judah lying with his daughter-law Tamar (darkness), who gave birth to Perez (light).

Light cannot exist along with darkness, it has to be an either or situation. We are told as believers not to mix with darkness. The darkness will try to creep in and extinguish your light if you allow it. It is said in the Zohar (famous O.T. commentary) that everywhere the Torah is studied at night one thread-thin ray appears from the Eternal Light and flows down upon those who are absorbed in her. May that Eternal Light of YHVH be in and on us now and forever more!