In the beginning God created light
The brightness that overtakes all darkness
The agent of sight, a force of might
With the words “let there be’
In the Universe began a beautiful symphony
Sun, moon, and stars a part all play
In what we shall call the history of light
Before the beginning and as forevermore, God dwelt in light
Above all angels and power is He
The giver of life through light to all
Angels and man sustained by His presence
No glory of His can one transcend
Forever in infamy Lucifer tried
God’s glory to gain for self to reign
Foolhardy was he though dwelling in light
Blinded by lust to his frailty in might
From heaven he fell with his angels so bright
No threat could he pose to God’s glory in light
From the beginning God gave us light
Both day and night to guide our way
And this goes on from day to day
In life, that said, a force has crept
Steered by the devil who lives to deceive
Mankind led astray, God’s light we did leave
With reckless abandon, this darkness embraced
And sinned have we all God’s image defaced
Deserving of death, destroyed we our lives,
Now living in fear and guilty of much
A price must be paid for our cacophony away from light.
Through all history God’s reminded us of light
In lights that surround in sky above,
In lights that abound on earth around
In temple and home, by candle or lamp
All can remind of his majesty bright
With light the darkness is pierced wherever it be
No room with a candle can darkness be king
No night in this life will the make the stars cease to gleam
No day of despair kill the sun and its beams.
From Adam to Noah to Abraham to Moses to David and Solomon, and Zerubabbel too
In days of sin, oppression, and loss
From judges to Maccabeus lights burned bright
All pointing to the mystery who is The Light of the World.
Then in history came the fullness of time, God was made flesh – light to the world
Into our darkness Immanuel came,
Born as a man, Jesus Christ came to save.
A light to reveal God’s gracious free gift
To all who believe and repent of their sin
This Christ healed the sick, the deaf and the blind,
And raised he the dead that some might believe.
Holy he was and great things he did,
Showing the way that man can be saved.
Though King of the Jews, rejected they him,
Arrested and beaten and nailed to a cross,
The Lord of all died and light seemed to be lost.
Darkness had won, the Devil was king, Jesus had died, and no one was free
Perhaps this was thought on that day in the dark
When the sun hid its light and the Son breathed His last.
His body was taken and laid in a tomb.
Tears and much fear kept some disciples away.
The events of those days saw their hope fade away
For it was quite clear The Light had been slain.
But how can it be at this moment in time
That we sit here and talk of the Light who did die?
The story is special, the history is real,
The Christ really died and that we claim still.
But death on its own is not special in life,
All men will die, that’s part of sin’s price.
What’s special is this, that though Jesus died,
On the third day he rose and remains he alive.
The light had to die so that we may now live,
Free from our sin, with no fear of hell.
The story is written and read it you must
So that you can believe and in Christ now place trust.
Darkness is real, and see it we must,
With much harm and hurt on this Earth made of dust
Yet the history of light doesn’t end here,
This Earth will be ended then all will be mended
A new world created, where darkness is not,
All victory crowning the Christ who is light.
