Light is synonymous with God. Our Lord revealed in Jh 8:12 - "I am the Light of the world". We see in Gen 1:3 that ' Light was created on the first day of creation '. The Epistle of James 1:17 proclaims God as the 'Father of lights '. In Psalms 27:1 King David says ' Lord is my Light and salvation'. King david again says in Psalms 119: 105 ' Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path' comparing God's word to light. Isaih Chapter 9 prophesises the coming of the Messaih and compares this event to the appearance of a great light. In John 1:1-13, the revelation of God in Christ Jesus is compared to light.

       The Light is compared to God Himself, to God's word, to the coming of the Messaih which is synonymous with hope and to God's revelation. Light also stands as a symbol of Promise, Guidance, Worship and Goodness. After the great flood, God promised never to destroy the earth again by a flood, and He chose a rainbow, a phenomenon of light to signify this. During the Exodus, God showed Himself to the Israelites as a light-giving pillar of fire and guided them through the desert. In Exodus again, the Israelites were commanded by God to prepare light in the Tabernacle, as part of their worship of God. Job curses the day that he was born and he wishes that it had been condemned to darkness. Light, the opposite of darkness is synonymous with goodness.

     Just as the first chapter of the Holy Bible refers to light, the last chapter Rev 22 also refers to light and mentions that 'the only light necessary in heaven is God Himself'.

      God , His word and His revelation being synonymous with Light and Light being a symbol of Hope, Promise, Guidance, Worship and Goodness we are naming this series, where in spiritually nourishing messages will be regularly published as 'ZALGO - The Ray of light'.

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