You only seem to see things naturally. He is speaking of his light in them. Jesus said "I in you" and the light that is in them, this is the light of life that shines in the heart. One place Jesus said,The light Jesus was referring to in this verse is not Himself. How can Christ be darkness? Read the context. Jesus is talking about light entering the eyes and filling the body. He is speaking metaphorically. He is saying if you focus on God's word and other spiritual truths your life will be enlightened. Focus on worldly things instead, your will be life filled with darkness.
Mat 6:22-23 “The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
John 12:36 KJV
While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them."
Jesus was teaching them to walk in the light they had inwardly even if they didn't see him physically. This may be why he hid himself at that moment.
John also speaks of our fellowship in God and walking in the light and this is an inner one in our hearts where the father and the Son dwell ( 1 John 2:24-27 KJV). in 1 John we read of these things when he says;
"3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. 5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin."(1 John 1"3-7 KJV)
The Lord is our light and their light also
Psalm 27:1 KJV
The Lord is my light and my salvation;"
Jesus also showed them that the Light is of the Father in them as well
Matthew 5:16 KJV
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."
The light shines inwardly in the heart
2 Corinthians 4:4, 6 KJV
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them...
6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us."
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