Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually. The lampstand will stand in the Tabernacle, in front of the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant. Aaron and his sons must keep the lamps burning in the Lord’s presence all night. This is a permanent law for the people of Israel, and it must be observed from generation to generation. (Exodus 27:20-21)God is a God of light, not of darkness. He always wanted people to know that. He never intended to be worshiped in dimly lit church buildings. He is a God of light.
In the Old Testament, he had the temple area constantly lit. They used a set of special made clay lamps filled with pure pressed olive oil and they were to be kept lit all night.
The devil, on the other hand, is a god of darkness. He lives in darkness and those who worship him stand in darkness.
That darkness carries over into other parts of life too. God is a God of knowledge, the devil is a worshiper of ignorance. The less you know, the better off he is.
God is a God of enlightenment. He wants us to know his will, to learn what he says and to talk about it, to discuss it, to make it part of your inner being. No one ever pleased God by remaining ignorant.
Churches sometimes like ignorance because it gives them the ability to tell people what they want the will of God to be. It may be in the from of church-approved study material that only covers certain aspects of the Christian faith, or it may be in the necessity of their ministers coming from approved schools, schools that “do not teach error.” It may be in limiting the translations you can use to those that are so archaic that it takes an official church-approved interpreter (the minister) to explain it to you.
God always wanted his people to know, to be lit with the light of knowledge and wisdom.
Then and only then can one be truly pleasing to God.
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