katelaben, could not take it down; could not mug it or snuff it out John 1:5). Jesus Christ, the light referred to in both Genesis and John, continues to shine through his resurrection as the ultimate victory over sin and over darkness. In this sense John sees the light created in Genesis as foreshadowing Christ’s direct intervention in history culminating in his own death and resurrection. John uses the word logos for Jesus Christ in the first chapter of his gospel knowing that it would remind his
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