Interface

Between Heaven and Earth

Author: David Ellis

  • I Am and the Light VI: Inner and Outer Darkness

    Don: Since no man can see the true light of God and live, perhaps darkness is a place of grace, of temporary sanctuary for Fallen Man. After the Fall, Adam and Eve went into hiding, into a place of darkness. God had to come looking for them. They also sought to cover themselves from their…

  • I Am and the Light V: Lucifer

    Don: At the Creation, God moved in the darkness to illuminate it—to separate the light from the darkness. But since… God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all (1 John 1:5) …the only way darkness could continue to exist would be if God were to remove his presence. Why did he…

  • I Am and the Light IV

    Don: There are differences between God’s original creation in the Garden of Eden and his final creation of a new heaven and earth as promised in Revelation. In the Garden, there was night and day. In the new earth there is only day, eternal light. The Garden had a Tree of Knowledge of Good and…

  • I Am and the Light III

    Don: Why did God not completely dispel the darkness when he created the heavens and the earth? In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters….

  • I Am and the Light II

    Jay: Three themes have emerged so far from our discussion of the theology of light: 1. Light is essential for life. 2. Light is essential for sight or discernment. 3. There is a true light and a false light. They leave us with three questions. Light began at the Creation: In the beginning God created…

  • I Am and The Light

    Don: In scripture, light is often equated with god, goodness, and holiness, from the very first page of the Book of Genesis and the very beginning of Creation all the way to the end of Revelation and the new Earth of endless light. In the Creation, light is created on Day 1, but the celestial…

  • I Am and The Bread of Life

    Don: Jesus laid claim to the name “I Am” in conjunction with various metaphors, each of which reveals something about the nature of god. Seven of these “I Am” statements are to be found in the Book of John. Over the coming weeks, we will look at each in turn. Here are the seven [emphasis…

  • “Am I or Am I Not?” That’s God’s Question

    Don: God’s first claim to the name “I Am”, which is associated with the Hebrew tetragrammaton YHWH commonly transliterated as “Yahweh”, is made in Genesis 15:1: After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be…

  • The Name of God

    Don: We have discussed the significance of our names, and the changing of our names at the End of the Age. But there is one name that never changes; that is, the name of god. The first instance in scripture where god divulges his name was to Moses, at a time when Moses was tending…