Darkness to Light - Simple Thoughts

3Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. 4God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. 5God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. Genesis 1(NIV)

Our God is a God of deliverance – delivering from darkness into light. He formed the world in darkness, but He delivered it into the light by separating the darkness from the light and bidding the darkness to remain in its place.

2even the darkness will not be dark to you;

the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
13For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well. Psalm 139 (NIV)
He unites man and woman together to form a unique individual in the darkness of the womb, but then births that small human into the light of a new world.
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. Isaiah 9:2 (NIV)
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. I Peter 2:9 (NIV)
"I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.” John 12:46 (NIV)
Though we see and experience the light of day, our souls dwell in darkness until the day we hear His voice, listen and follow it, to be called into the light of His salvation through accepting Jesus' sacrifice for our deliverance into that light.
Jesus answered him, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise." Luke 22:43 (NIV)
One day the seeming darkness of death will come, but for the true believer it is simply a passing into the dawn of a new day in heaven with the Lord of light Himself – Jesus.

Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,”[a] for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. Revelation 21 (NIV)

Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. Revelation 20:24
Then, one amazing day, ALL darkness of sin and death shall be removed and cast into the lake of fire. The earth will be made new along with heaven and the two shall be joined together as one. God will dwell with us for eternity with us as His people and He as our God.
Father God, open the eyes of your children to understand how great is Your deliverance. You could have stopped at any point and still could, but You choose to keep every promise. Help us cling to that knowledge so that on that glorious day we can witness with great joy and utmost satisfaction the rebirth and joining together of Your magnificent creation and Your home of heaven. The groaning of creation will cease and turn to shouts of praise and worship. Help us begin the rejoicing in expectation even now.