By Sylvia Adjoa Mitchell
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Isaiah 1:18
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Matthew 28:19
God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightiest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. Romans 3:4
WHAT IS LIGHT?
Light enables us to see; it illuminates a room and brings truth. If God’s truth and science’s truth went walking, science would always have to acquiesce to God. Why? Because the knowledge that comes from science is impure, partial, and dim. Science is simply an answer to a question using a method that is designed to filter out lies and distil truth, but it does not create anything new. For example, gravity. Gravity always existed; it didn’t come about just because man gave it a name and ‘discovered’ its consistency.
In the same manner, light existed long before science explained anything about its nature. Although the light of science is dim compared to the light of God’s mercy and grace, what we now know still points us to Him, God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in perfect harmony.
WHITE LIGHT
Light has energy and a constant speed—the ‘speed of light’. Anything with energy that is moving is alive. Plants capture the energy in light and make sugars and other compounds, which start off the food chain. So, in essence, every living creature actually ‘eats’ light.
We shared in FCRain Volume 4 Issue 3 that white light can be split by a prism into red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. There is also a colour between blue and violet called indigo, which is sometimes distinguished.
White light is a collection of wavelengths of light travelling at the same speed but with different velocities. When light hits the prism, the different velocities cause the light to take slightly different directions. So, the wavelength of light with the least energy, red, is seen first while violet with the most energy is at the other end.
HOW OUR EYES SEE COLOUR
Interestingly, the visible spectrum of light seen by humans (for the techies among you, that is 400 to 700 nm) is not necessarily the same as that seen by other animals. Cats, for example, can see into the ultraviolet (UV) range.
So how do we see the colours of light? It turns out our eyes have three photoreceptors called cones—one each for red, green, and blue (which is why taking care of our eyes is so important).
We can ‘see’ an object when light from that object enters our eyes and strikes these photoreceptors. We can discern more than red, green, and blue colours, though, as overlapping wavelengths produce other colours; for example, when green and red light overlap, yellow can be seen (see figure below).
THE GODHEAD – THREE IN ONE
So, can three be one? Let’s see if this is possible.
If you shine blue, green, and red light – where they overlap, you get white light.
This always reminds me of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
If you acknowledge God but refuse to accept that Jesus died for your sins, then you only have part of the illuminating light. If you accept that Jesus came to redeem us to God but refuse to accept the Holy Spirit, you only have part of the illuminating light.
It is only when you accept God as Father, Jesus as the redeeming Son and Saviour of your life, and are baptised with the Holy Spirit, only then is the light fully come.
LIGHT COMMUNICATES GOD’S BLESSINGS TO US
I think light is fascinating, as it always reminds me of God.
We are made to be able to see three primary colours, which together make white light. We were made in the image of God (God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit). This, to me, is just amazing. Indeed, WE are fearfully and wonderfully made!
What does light mean to you? Maybe you’ll start looking at it a bit differently now?
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Romans 12:2
Dr. Sylvia Mitchell is a Senior Lecturer, Medicinal Plant Research Group, The Biotechnology Centre, UWI, Mona. Jamaican-raised & naturalized, she is African-born with English ancestry. Contact [email protected] or 876-545-2646.
