DARKNESS

DARKNESS

  1. Created by God # Ps 104:20 Isa 45:7
  2. Originally covered the earth # Ge 1:2
  3. Separated from the light # Ge 1:4
  4. Called night # Ge 1:5
  5. Caused by the setting of the sun # Ge 15:17 Joh 6:17
  6. Inexplicable nature of # Job 38:19,20
  7. Exhibits God’s power and greatness # Job 38:8,9
  8. DEGREES OF, MENTIONED 8a) Great

    # Ge 15:12

8b) That may be felt # Ex 10:21 8c) Thick # De 5:22 Joe 2:2 8d) Gross # Jer 13:16 8e) Outer or extreme # Mt 8:12 9) EFFECTS OF 9a) Keeps us from seeing objects # Ex 10:23 9b) Causes us to go astray # Joh 12:35 1Jo 2:11 9c) Causes us to stumble # Isa 59:10 10) Often put for night # Ps 91:6 11) Called the swaddling band of the sea # Job 38:9 12) Cannot hide us from God # Ps 139:11,12 13) THE WICKED 13a) The children of # 1Th 5:5 13b) Live in # Ps 107:10 13c) Walk in # Ps 82:5 13d) Perpetuate their designs in # Job 24:16 13e) Are full of # Mt 6:23 14) MIRACULOUS 14a) On mount Sinai # Ex 19:16 Heb 12:18 14b) Over the land of Egypt # Ex 10:21,22 14c) At the death of Christ # Mt 27:45 14d) Before the destruction of Jerusalem # Mt 24:29 15) ILLUSTRATIVE OF 15a) Greatness and unsearchableness of God # Ex 20:21 2Sa 22:10,12 1Ki 8:12 Ps 97:2 15b) Abstruse and deep subjects # Job 28:3 15c) Secrecy # Isa 45:19 Mt 10:27 15d) Ignorance and error # Job 37:19 Isa 60:2 Joh 1:5 3:19 12:35 Ac 26:18 15e) Anything hateful # Job 3:4-9 15f) A course of sin # Pr 2:13 Eph 5:11 15g) Heavy afflictions # Job 23:17 Ps 112:4 Ec 5:17 Isa 5:30 8:22 59:9 15h) The power of Satan # Eph 6:12 Col 1:13 15i) The grave # 1Sa 2:9 Job 10:21,22 15j) The punishment of devils and wicked men # Mt 22:13 2Pe 2:4,17 Jude 1:6,13