John 1:5 (NIV)
5The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
The word translated as “understood” here is translated as comprehend, or overcome, or comprehended in other translations. One uses the word “mastered”. Seized is part of the meaning.
This is how violence is done to the gospel. That which is opposed to the gospel is served through the omissions, deviations, and rejections of the Word. Building one’s own god and elevating self have always been the hallmark and struggle of man.
The darkness of the world tried to put out that light in the man Jesus, attempting to cover it with death and placing it in a tomb, removing the unwelcome light, or so they thought. That life and light is not to be denied. Jesus rose, overcoming the world. That life continues to shine in the darkness.
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