The Necessity of Light

Light is weird stuff. Sometimes it behaves as if it is a wave; sometimes light behaves as if it is individual photons. We need light to live. Light, according to Isaiah 60.19, is necessary in the life to come, at least for followers of Christ. However, the light will come from God himself (he INVENTED light after all) so there will be no need for the sun or the moon.

This is not to say that God is nothing other than light. Perfect light is one of his characteristics, not the sum total of his being. However, it is about as close as we are going to get in this life to understand his being. "The Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light."