The Essence of Light.
 

"Now, Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things that are not seen." ^{(Hebrews 11 verse 1 .)}

In the beginning of our new birth, faith is a spiritual concept, as yet seemingly having no form.  The abstraction of faith is birthed in the brain (mind) of man through the processing of our natural senses in relation to the environment around us.  The Apostle Paul writes about Godly faith coming into our being through our hearing, and the hearing by the WORD of Yahweh God’s manifest Glory that is in the unknowable expanse of heaven.  By the Glorious creative WORD Yahweh Elohim He created the fabric of time and planted the heavens and the earth within the flowing fabric of time. Now through His WORD of Salvation, the Eternal and Almighty Yahweh God reveals to His creation of mankind, of Yahweh God’s unsurpassing Sacrificial Love for the lost sinners of mankind. ^{(See Hebrews 1 verse 1 thru 2, verse 8 thru 12.)} Foundationally, we have already expressed that our faith, knowledge and belief, is as it is written in Scripture: All things that are made, were made by Yahweh God through His Eternal WORD and consist in Him (as the power and light substance of Yahweh God's spoken WORD), and all things made are held together in obedience to HIS Eternal WORD of Power.

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In the beginning (of time), Elohim created the heavens and the earth.

Yahweh God has in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, Whom He has appointed Heir of all things, by Whom also He made the worlds; Who being the brightness of His Glory, and the expressed Image of His Person, and upholding all things by the Word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on High: ^{(Hebrews 1 verse 1 thru 3.)} And, Thou Lord in the beginning, has laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of Thy hands: They shall perish; but Thou shall remain; and they all shall wax old as does a garment;  And as a vesture shall Thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: But Thou art the Same, and Thy years shall not fail. ^{(Hebrews 1 verse 10 thru 12.)}

He is the Image of the invisible Yahweh God, the firstborn of all creation.  For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities, all things have been created through Him, and for Him.  He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together, and by Him all things consist. ^{(Colossians 1 verse 15 thru 17. )}  For us there is but one Yahweh God, the Father, from Whom are all things, and we in Him; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, by Whom all things came to be, and through Whom we live. ^{(1st Corinthians 8 verse 6.)}

With the fall of Adam by his willful separation from the heart of Yahweh God, then all of man kind has been lost in the violence of sin's death.  All of mankind, had become within themselves the dark void of death, lacking the essential spiritual Light and TRUTH that only comes from the Infinite Yahweh God of the Living.  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Yahweh God, and the Word was God.  The same was in the beginning with Yahweh God.  All things were made by Him ^{(the Word)}; and without Him [the Word] was not any thing made that was made. In Him [Yahweh God] was Life, and the Life was the Light of men. And the Light shines in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not. ^{(John 1 verse 1 thru 5.)} He [ the Incarnate Son of God] was in the world, and the world was made by Him [the Word], and the world knew Him not. ^{(John 1 verse 10.)} 

In Yahweh God's appointed redemptive time, Yahweh God sent into this world, the great Spiritual Light of His Son, Jesus Christ.  Jesus/Yeshua was the embodiment of Eternal Light and the pre-incarnate WORD of Salvation.  The first Man/Adam sinned, and brought death to all of man-kind, but in Yahweh God's justice, His Salvation TRUTH came to the earth in the genetic form of the first Man/Adam, so as to redeem man-kind from sin and death.  In Yahweh God's scale of justice, the first  Man Adam selfishly rebelled against Yahweh God and brought death to all of mankind, but the Man Christ Jesus by His selfless sacrifice unto death, was raised to LIFE by Yahweh God.  All that would fully believe in the incarnate Man, Jesus the Messiah of Yahweh God, would see the Resurrection and the LIFE of mankind.
      Jesus said unto her [Martha], I AM the resurrection, and the LIFE; he that believes in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
             And whosoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this? ^{(See John 11 verse 22 thru 26.)}

The justice of the Almighty Yahweh God is tempered with His mercy, for Yahweh sent His WORD to become His Only Begotten Son of the genetic flesh of Adam, and to lead the sin captive souls of men out of their darkness of death, and into the Light of Yahweh Father God's Holy and Eternal Presence.  Jesus speaking to the accusing Pharisees said: 
     I AM the Light of the world; he who follows Me, will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of LIFE.  ^{(John 8 verse 12.)}
The True Light of Christ is infinitely essential for the new birth of the souls of human kind, for they are called out of the darkness of death, so that they may Live in the abundance of LIFE that only Yahweh God can give. For this Light of LIFE comes from the very Heart of the Father of Creation, and is centered upon the Almighty's great Love for the life of His creation of human kind.  Therefore, Jesus Christ, Yahweh God's Word of Salvation and the LIFE of mankind, came forth from the bosom of His Father, and with the desire of the Heart of His Father, the Son of Man also desires to bring the lost children of man kind, into the bosom of His Father Yahweh God Almighty where His LIFE abounds. A new birth of the dead soul of man, is absolutely necessary, for it is followed by the renewing of the spirit of their mind through the leading of Christ's Holy Spirit of TRUTH. 
      No man has seen Yahweh God at any time; the Only Begotten Son, which is in the bosom of His Father, He has declared Him. ^{(In full Context John 1 verse 1 thru 18.)}

None of us know anything about the mind of our own small heart, let alone the great expanse of the Heart of the Infinite Yahweh God Almighty.   Even so, it should be evident that for the promise of our new life to continue in Christ, we must remain in the Presence of the Giver of the Light of Yahweh God's WORD and Eternal Son, Jesus Christ. ^{(See Jeremiah 17 verse 9 thru 10.)} For Jesus Christ is the Light of the World of men, and within Him there is no darkness at all.  We, of the Faith IN Messiah Jesus, have each become accountable to this great Light of Christ that Yahweh God has given to us, for Yahweh desires to spread His Light to fully expand mankind's own restrictive hearts. 

I pray that the reader will continue to give room within your own heart, and to allow these writings to speak further on this great Light within Jesus Christ.  The writing are presented for the edification for all of the living members within Christ's Body, and reveal His Grace and revelation that the Lord through His Spirit of TRUTH birthed into the heart and soul of a member IN His Body that was slain by our sin.

Therefore, our beginning spiritual logic is that without the substance of the brain to process the hearing, sighted or tactile information, then the beginnings of abstract faith cannot exist in a person, simply because it takes the substance of the brain to process and store information, and then the mind to conceive any relative thoughts, spiritual or other wise.  It is then, through the substance and inertia of the thoughts of the mind, which are electro-chemically formulated within the grey matter of the brain, that we can begin to embrace the substance of the possibilities of the spiritual, with the evidence of that which is not seen by the natural eye.  And so, the spiritual substance of God's Salvation faith can change the root substance of unbelief in the neuronal mind of man, and initiate the beginnings of new unseen possibilities, within the spiritual mind and soul of the new born recipient of Faith IN the Almighty God of Salvation.

And if any man think that he knows any thing, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know. But if any man Love Yahweh God, the same is known of Him. ^{(For Amplified version see 1st Corinthian 8 verse 2 thru 3.)}

On the matter of Faith in the Eternal God, it is impossible to receive from the unseen Person of Yahweh God, except through holy faith in Who He IS, as seen in the Spirit of His unfailing WORD.  Therefore, as we think or believe in the substance of the mind, and then initiate through action of this new found faith in the TRUTH of the WORD of Yahweh God, so we become, through that same faith in the Holy One, Who Promises Life more abundantly.  True Godly faith, although it can not be seen, is active and alive, and moves the thoughts of the heart of the believer, into the heart of Yahweh God our Savior.  The birth of this unseen holy substance of Faith in the Promised Salvation Word of Yahweh God, is prepared to wash and renew the substance of the mind and soul of our being, into the active essence of love, hope and humility through Yahweh God's Gift of beginning faith.

But without faith it is impossible to please Him: For he that comes to Yahweh God must believe that He exist, and that He (Yahweh) is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. ^{(Hebrews 11 verse 6.)}

Is it possible to see this active essence of God's fruit of Yahweh God's Spirit working within the spirit of a person of faith?

We conceived within the mind the following series of paragraphs to challenge your invisible thought processes, and the powers of spiritual deductions contained within the spirit mind of your being.  Perhaps, when all is finished, the true substance of our Communion with the One Spirit of our Savior and with one another, will begin to take on a different spectrum, apart from the natural senses.

To begin our perceptual exercise into faith and light energy, and to challenge the mind’s learned understanding, let's consider a portion of the first article of the definition of the word “SPIRITUAL.” 1: Of or pertaining to spirit, as distinguished from matter; having the nature of spirit; consisting of the spirit; incorporeal: not tangible or material. The definition is from the Funk and Wagnall Dictionary. 

Now, with this conventional linear definition established in the spiritual essence of our mind, let us reason together: Are there any unseen properties of the full spectrum of light energy, known and unknown that might be considered spiritual or having the essence of spirit?  By gleaning from the science of physical light, we may have an even better perspective of the spiritual Light, which is constant in the universe and active in the Word of Yahweh God.  Hopefully, our little study in the greatness of our God of the creation of all things visible and invisible, will bring forth a greater living faith in those who believe in Yahweh God, and give Light to those who are yet in darkness.

Consider this: Without special interventions, there are elemental properties of natural Light, which cannot be seen, and seemingly would fit within the definition of spiritual.  The unaided eye of man can only see with the illumination of what would be understood as white light.  That same white light diffused through a prism, reveals the broader color spectrum and properties of light, as expressed in the colors of the rainbow.  The simple prism began to expand our understanding of Light energy, and revealed what was hidden from our natural view. 

And so, this same multiple expression of white light, seen by its refraction through the prism, is also seen through its illumination of matter, as it interacts with our surroundings.  The whole of the earth, glories in color through the full spectrum of emitted Light energy, as seen through the eye, and processed by the brains visual system.  Remarkably, this glorious photoelectric processing in the mind of man, is only partially understood in medical science.  And the Creator Yahweh God, Who created the eye, said by the Power of His Eternal Spirit: "Let there be Light".

There are other multiple expressions of Light energy, more appropriately known scientifically as electromagnetic radiation, all of which remains totally invisible to the unaided naked eye. It is only through the instruments of spectroscopy that the diverse natures of Light are known to exist through their exertion of measurable and observable force. Generally, the remainder of the electromagnetic spectrum consists of gamma rays, x-rays, infrared, micro-waves, radio waves and ultraviolet radiation.  The smallest unit of this measurable light or electromagnetic force is called a photon. Remarkably for our consideration, the photon, as quantum light, is now considered as multi-phased, exhibiting both properties of wave energy, and particle energy at the same time.  In this case, could the wave energy, having no matter, be considered spiritual?  But then again, neither the wave energy nor the particle energy can be seen, in what science defines as a photon.

In all cases of the electromagnetic spectrum of radiation, every one of the forms of Light energy, without adequate protection can absolutely kill all life forms.  The linear definition seen in the dictionary of that, which is defined as spiritual and is made acceptable in the mind of man, is not definitive in the light of all things and how all things came into existence.  The Eternal Creator Yahweh God is absolute LIGHT, and by His Word He brought forth light energy and the substance of all that exists. Now, if this faith premise can be received as spiritually unseen, and yet is substantial truth by what is manifested in the earth and the heavens, then what is the relative Substance of the Word of Yahweh God?  The incarnate Man, Jesus Christ, the very Word of Yahweh God, says:

I AM the LIGHT of the world; and, "I AM the WAY and the TRUTH and the LIFE of men. No one comes to the Father except through Me".  ^{(John 8 verse 12 and chapter 14 verse 7).}

No human can live, let alone come into the Presence of the Infinite radiation and holiness of the unchangeable Lord Yahweh God Almighty, except that a person be made in the image of Jesus Christ, for He is the Light and Savior of this darkened world of sinners.  If Faith has a substance, then so does the TRUTH, for the Spirit and the TRUTH are one, being made flesh and blood in the embodiment of the Son of Man, Jesus Christ.  Therefore, the substance of the WAY and the TRUTH and the LIFE, is one substance in the Word of God made flesh and blood, and is not a passive allegory for carnal man to trivialize in their understanding of spiritual, and the LIGHT of the TRUTH that makes men free.  The TRUTH is Christ Jesus that makes man free, and not some arbitrary truth manufactured by the mind of man.

Moving on in our relative spatial time, we know that energy can change the state of matter. For an example: In a fluorescent tube, when the flow of electric energy is applied to the gaseous matter through the electrode, their atoms are excited and emit photons causing the gas to fluoresce into different colors depending on the elemental gas.  The colors in order of discovery were blue (Mercury), white (Carbon dioxide), gold (Helium), and red (Neon).  Yahweh God's LIGHT Energy, physical or spiritual, can change our perspective of possibilities, when brought to conception within the substance of the inquiring mind of man. The substance of our thoughts can be changed, when we begin to search for the TRUTH with all of our hearts, and when we find and receive the absolute TRUTH, Jesus Christ, then the LIGHT of the TRUTH within Yahweh God's Spirit of Grace begins to illuminate our understanding, and sets about the liberation of our darkened hearts.

Then shall you call upon Me, and you shall go and pray unto Me, and I will hearken unto you. For you shall seek Me, and find Me when you shall search for Me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, says the LORD (Yahweh): And I will turn away your captivity. ^{(Jeremiah 29 verse 12 thru 14 .)}

The unseen Yahweh God, by His Word of Power, is the Creator of the seen and the unseen.  In the rush of our natural life, we tend to take so many things for granted, and fail to behold the unseen supernatural Grace of Yahweh God, working for our good.  For that matter, in our natural earthly setting, we may not necessarily see, nor comprehend the power and energy that is necessitated in the change of the elemental natures of matter.  If we have so little understanding of Yahweh God's Glory and Power revealed in nature, how then do we comprehend the Glory and Power of the Word of Yahweh God that changes willing hearts? The power, we seek to know, is revealed in the Person of Jesus Christ, Who is the Light of the World, and the WORD of Yahweh God,  Who was born to be the only Begotten Son of Yahweh God.  With faith in Yahweh God, we began to understand today that the scriptures, although inertly written with ink upon paper, spiritually became actively alive within our hearts.  Now with Faith in the fluidity of the Water of the Word of Yahweh God, we seek the Power of Yahweh God's Holy Spirit of Grace, to wash and renew hearts and minds that remain open to the Love of Holy Father Yahweh God.

With the Water of the Word of Yahweh God in mind, let us present a metaphoric illustration of the unseen power of the universe, to help make a change comparison, of the natural to the supernatural, and then give an opportunity for the natural mind, to either fathom or reject the potential for the supernatural.  In our simple example of change in the natural; one atom of hydrogen and two atoms of oxygen, bond to form one molecule of water H₂O.  Electrons orbiting the nuclei of an atom's outer rings are the principle agent of molecular bonding. Each elemental gas of Hydrogen and Oxygen gives up its solitary existence, and unites to form one molecule of water. The abundance of liquid Water, in one way of the other, is essential for the life of all beings.  Freeze the water, then it still exist but is transfigured into another state of solid ice.  The state of ice is without noticeable fluidity, that is, until an outside heat force greater than 32 degrees Fahrenheit is applied.  Near earth's ground zero, when heat energy that is equal or greater than 212 Fahrenheit degrees is applied to water, then the liquid is charged to a boil, and gaseous steam is emitted.  In any state, whether it be liquid, gaseous or frozen, it is still H₂O, regardless of the natural energy that is applied to its elemental nature, electrolysis not with standing. So then, what is the state of your faith's understanding of the potential of the Water of the Word of Yahweh God; frozen cold, or fluid and charged with expectancy?  Can the degree of a man's faith in the Word of Yahweh God, limit Yahweh God's response to that faith in any way?  ^{(For a few frozen examples see (Matthew 13 verse 54 thru 58), (Luke 16 verse 29 thru 31), (Revelation 3 verse 15 thru 16).} (For enlightenment then visit the Israelites in the desert, or Adam and Eve in the Garden).

When the Lord Jesus was Transfigured on a high mountain, Peter, James and his brother John were with the Lord Jesus.

And behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elijah talking to the Lord. Now, what was the substance of Christ's transfigured Being in those revelation moments of time? ^{(See Matthew 17 verse 1 thru 6.)} But, behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, "This is My beloved Son, in Whom I AM well pleased: You hear Him." ^{(Matthew 17 verse 5.)} 

Again let me ask, what was the substance of His Person when the risen Jesus Christ first appeared to the apostles in the upper room?  Was His Body physical or spiritual?   Then again, is the Light of the world, and the Word as Creator of the universe, limited only to the form of our defined understanding and knowledge of the spiritual?  Was He not glorified in both the spiritual and physical at the same time through the Holy Spirit of God Who was One within the Son of God and the Son of Man?  Once again, if our understanding is limited in the natural world, then what do you suppose the degree of our ignorance might be in the supernatural realm of the WORD of Yahweh GOD, the Creator of all things? 

Finite earthly man, must plead his overall ignorance, to the Glorious Eternal WORD of Yahweh God, for the WORD of GOD maintains the universe within Yahweh God's creation of the fabric of time and space.  In the Greatness of the Eternal God, He does not overlook the heart of man, and can bring the Light of faith into the substance of the mind that is searching for the TRUTH. The I AM that I AM, the only True Constant of the universe is the Light of the world, and is only limited in the closed heart of the person, who remains frozen in unbelief, and that person does not even know the substance of their own soul, and whose thoughts remain oblivious to the Infinite substance of Power in the WORD of Yahweh God.

Seek the LORD, while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts, and let him return unto the LORD, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My WAYS higher than your ways, and My Thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain  and the snow comes down from heaven, and returns not thither, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater: So shall My Word be that goes forth out of My Mouth: It shall not return unto Me void, but My Word shall accomplish that which I please and My Word shall prosper in the thing where I sent it. ^{(Isaiah 55 verse 6 thru 11.)}

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