{"id":2237,"date":"2024-05-24T18:52:54","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T18:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/darkness-bible-meaning\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T13:01:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:01:19","slug":"darkness-bible-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/darkness-bible-meaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Was bedeutet Dunkelheit in der Bibel? S\u00fcnde, Leid und Gericht"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>In the Bible, darkness stands for everything that is against God&#039;s light: sin, ignorance, sorrow, death and judgment. &quot;God is light, and in him is no darkness at all&quot; (1 John 1:5). Yet Scripture never makes darkness God&#039;s rival. He made it, he gave it its name, and nothing hides from him in it. A psalmist once imagined hiding there. &quot;If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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