Darkness.
Used in various significations in scripture.
1. State of the earth before God said, Let there be light. Genesis 1:2.
2. Temporary absence of light in the night. Genesis 1:5.
3. Extraordinary darkness sent by God. Exodus 10:21; Exodus 14:20; Matthew 27:45.
4. The darkness by which God shrouded His glory. Exodus 20:21; Psalms 18:9, Psalms 1:18; Psalms 97:2; Hebrews 12:18.
5. State of death as compared with natural life. Job 10:21, Job 1:10.
6. Moral darkness as the consequent state of man fallen. Psalms 82:5; Isaiah 9:2; Matthew 4:16; John 1:5; John 3:19; 2 Corinthians 1:6; 1 Peter 1:2.
7. It characterises Satan and his agents. Luke 22:53; Ephesians 6:12; Revelation 16:10.
8. It is the abode of wicked spirits and will characterise the place of punishment of the wicked. Matthew 8:12; 2 Peter 1:2; Jude 1, Jude 1:1. God is light, and Christ came into the world as the true light: everything shut out from God, or opposed to God and to the Lord Jesus, must partake of moral darkness.