09/20/2026 – Day 15: “The Night and Day Paradigm”// “The world moves from day to night. But in God, it is the opposite…” – Imagine that!
“There was no lesson that day. But then in the middle of the night he came to my room and woke me.
“Come,” said the teacher. “It’s time for the lesson. We’re going outside.”
I was half asleep and not thrilled at the idea, but, of course, I complied. He led me to a hill where we sat down in the darkness of the night.
“Which comes first,” he asked, “the day or the night?”
“The day,” I answered. “Night comes when the day is over.”
“That’s what most people would say. And that’s how most people in the world seeing it. Day leads into night. But it’s not how God sees it.”
“What do you mean?”
“If the day leads to night, then everything goes from light to darkness. Everything gets darker. Everything is in the process of darkening. And it would appear to be the way of the world. We go from day to night, from youth to aging, from strength to weakness, and ultimately from life to death. Day to night. It’s the way of the world, but it’s not the way of God. When God created the universe, it was not day and night. It is written, ‘There was evening, and then there was morning.’ The day began with night. There was night and then there was day. It is the night that comes first.”
“So that’s why Jewish holidays always begin at sunset.”
“Yes, and not only Jewish holidays, but every biblical day. Each day begins at sunset. There is evening and then morning. The world moves from day to night. But in God, it is the opposite. It goes from night to day… from darkness to light. The children of this world live from day to night. But the children of God. live from night to day. They are born again in the darkness and move to the day. And if you belong to God, then that is the order of your life. You are to go from darkness to light, from weakness to strength, from despair to hope, from guilt to innocence, from tears to joy, and from death to life. And every night in your life will lead to dawn. So live according to God’s sacred order of time… that your entire life be always moving away from the darkness and to the light.”
As he said those words, the first light of daybreak appeared and the night began yielding to the day.
The Mission: What darkness is in your life, the darkness of fear, of sin, of problems of gloom! Today, turn away from it and to the light of day.”
Genesis 1: 3-5; Psalm 30:5; Ephesians 5:8; 1 Peter 2:9; 2 Peter 1:19
“For his anger lasts only a moment, but His favor, a lifetime. Weeping may spend the night, but there is joy in the morning”. Psalm 30:5
The Apologetics Study Bible commentary on Psalm 30: 4-5:
“30:4-5 Two attributes of God. His anger and His favor, stand for what they produce: discipline and blessing. Believers always must keep these in perspective, singing their praises to Him (34:1; 84:4: Ephesians 5:18-20). God’s discipline is short compared to a lifetime of enjoying His blessing. That is the point of the psalm.”
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Check out the entire section: “Light versus Darkness”, Ephesians 5:8-14, ending with “…Everything exposed by the light is made clear, for what makes everything clear is light. Therefore it is said: Get up sleeper, and rise up from the dead, and the Messiah will shine on you.”
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“Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and called the darkness “night.” Evening came and then the morning: the first day.” Genesis 1:3-5
Comment: If we think about it: Night is not a thing. It is simply a description of the absence of light.
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“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One who called out of darkness, into His marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.” 1 Peter 2: 9-10
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“So we have the prophetic word strongly confirmed. You will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dismal place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts.” 2 Peter 1:19
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Soli Deo Gloria!