John 1:5
King James Version
5 And the light shineth in darkness;
and the darkness comprehended it not.
This post was triggered by a video I was watching early this morning.
It featured vertical farms, in comparison with traditional farms.
When that video mentioned LED (light-emitting diode) as source of light to make plants grow, somehow, it sent warning signals to my born again heart.
The main question became:
Would GOD approve of artificial light
to make plants grow,
when He gave us natural light?
Sure, we use mostly LED for lighting the world now.
Where before, man lived by nature, waking up to sunrise, and resting at sundown, the electric bulb changed our lifestyles, and work styles.
From incandescent, we turned to fluorescent.
And now, to the more expensive LEDs, which are touted to be more energy-efficient, and cost-efficient, for the long-term.
How far have we really gone from depending on GOD's natural lighting -- the sun, moon, stars -- to artificial lighting?
Why the need for artificial lighting?
Was that so we'd all work longer, and harder?
Or have more time to entertain ourselves?
First, we look into what the Bible say about LIGHT.
That's how a born again, like myself, would approach ALL research.
That we may base our human creations, respecting GOD's creation and commands first.
That we may see if our inventions are useful, compassionate, Biblical, or merely greed-driven, by folly, or vanity.
Genesis 1:1-5
King James Version
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void;
and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said,
Let there be light:
and there was light.
4 And God saw the light,
that it was good:
and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day,
and the darkness he called Night.
And the evening and the morning were the first day.
John 1:1-5
King James Version
1 In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him;
and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life;
and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness;
and the darkness comprehended it not.
Am I imagining it?
Or did the FIRST FIVE verses from Genesis and John just explained everything about LIGHT?
This is truly worthy of deep meditation.
That our creations don't deviate from GOD's creation.
And that we create, for compassion, and not for sheer profit.
That was one of the things my late father taught me.
To feed children, from honest gain.
In perfect consonance with what JESUS tells us:
Matthew 16:26
King James Version
26 For what is a man profited,
if he shall gain the whole world,
and lose his own soul?
or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
That's a very good lesson for parents to teach children.
Especially the next generations are being manipulated into artificial intelligence.
What are the long-term effects of artificial light in our lives, and health?
Decades ago, I used to write on executive health, and did tons of research.
Along the way, I came upon a statement that full spectrum bulbs were better, in that it may mimic full spectrum light.
Let's all look deeper into GOD's LIGHT, in place of artificial light.
Our ways are fallible.
The Creator's isn't.
What I can really tell you, for sure, is that when GOD made me born again three years ago, He created better heart, and knowledge in me.
Gone is ego.
Gone is greed.
Gone is vanity.
Let JESUS be our guide for everything.
He is the ONLY way back to GOD.
Back to the purity of Creation.
Back to the SOURCE.
Is having more light to light our lives, and industry, making us lose the real LIGHT we really need?
John 8:12
King James Version
12 Then spake Jesus again unto them,
saying,
I am the light of the world:
he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness,
but shall have the light of life.
Truly worthy of meditation.
I thank the HOLY SPIRIT for letting me look into this today.
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