Can I throw a spanner in the works about this darkness and light thingy.
When people talk about darkness and light, they automatically think of visible light.
But God didn't just create visible light, He created the entire spectrum of light both
visible and invisible to us, X-ray, ultraviolet and all the others.
See this about light spectrums.
https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/toolbox/emspectrum1.html
https://science-edu.larc.nasa.gov/EDDOCS/Wavelengths_for_Colors.html
There are many wave lengths of light we cannot see with human eyes, although
some animals can see what we can't.
There are also bible verses which talk about and darkness and unapproachable
light in relation to God.
1 Timothy 6:16 NKJV
[16] who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man
has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.
1 Kings 8:12-13 NKJV
[12] Then Solomon spoke: "The LORD said He would dwell in the dark cloud. [13] I have
surely built You an exalted house, And a place for You to dwell in forever."
Psalm 97:2-5 NKJV
[2] Clouds and darkness surround Him; Righteousness and justice are the foundation
of His throne. [3] A fire goes before Him, And burns up His enemies round about.
[4] His lightnings light the world; The earth sees and trembles. [5] The mountains
melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
I believe that God created all light, all forms of radiation (that's what light is as far as human
knowledge allows for) both visible and invisible to us. Looking at it from this perspective its
not hard to see where our perception of darkness comes from - to us it may just be invisible
light.
Then there is also darkness as we perceive it created assigned to the laws of nature, which are
set in place by God. In that a big ball of light in the sky gives daylight to us and a smaller
mirrow reflected ball of light gives us some light at night time.
Genesis 1:16-19 NKJV
[16] Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light
to rule the night. He made the stars also. [17] God set them in the firmament of the heavens
to give light on the earth, [18] and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the
light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. [19] So the evening and the morning
were the fourth day.
Hopefully folks can see what I mean, there is the created light consisting of all spectrums of the
band width created by God - although maybe there are even more types of light we have not
discovered yet.
Then there are the laws of creation set in place by God which give us day and night, shadows and
bright open spaces etc.
A bigger mystery still, is how a pure holy God of light wrapped himself up and hid
himself in the small body of a tiny baby - all for our benefit.