The concealments (See Nugget #27) are like lampshades. A definition for lampshade is “a shade, usually translucent or opaque, for shielding the glare of a light source“.
Having a source of light and darkness gives opportunity to create a translucent or opaque shielding that prevents a direct glare from the source. The two extremes of light and darkness will effectively nullify our existence. We see this exemplified in Genesis 1:2a “Now all the land was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep…”
In order to permit us to exist and to have a certain degree of freedom, the Creator had to create a series of light (disclosures) and darkness (concealments) arrangements to create a pocket for us to function within. This will permit us to avoid being overwhelmed and nullified by either extreme.
Ask yourself: Reread Genesis 1 starting in verse 5. Note the uses of “light”, “darkness”, “day”, “night”, “morning”, and “evening”. Do you see this passage differently now?
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