Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Here we have two entities identified “darkness upon the face of the deep” and “the spirit of God” moving upon the face of the waters. Darkness existed with God in the beginning. Darkness is just as real as God. And then…
Genesis 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light….
We all know that where there is light, darkness does not exist, and that if you want to get rid of darkness; you turn on the lights. Light is the enemy of darkness. When God said let there be light, darkness received this as an attack on its existence. Everything within that light, and everything created with that light became the enemy of darkness simply because it could not exist in that light and because of Good’s creation. God knew this when subsequently in Genesis 1:4 … God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. God not only separates the light from darkness, but notice how He calls the light good, but does not denote the same for the darkness that was separated. Because it was not good and did not/would not have good intentions for His creation. Why? Because again, through this creation darkness is being eradicated.
This is when the war began.
Revelation 12:6-8 “ And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.”
We know that God continued establishing His creation and kingdom filling it with plants, trees, animals, man and more. All created in light. Imagine being “darkness”, and all of a sudden out of nowhere “light” turns on. Immediately destroying whatever parts of you it touches. You only now exist in the shadows and in the far nethers (outer realm ) where the light does not reach. After recognizing what it is destroying you and eradicating your existence you are going to begin almost immediately trying to destroy, turn off or snuff out “the light” or whatever was created so that you can continue to exist as you were before the lights were turned on. Therefore darkness began establishing its kingdom set to destroy God’s creation.
The Kingdom of Darkness
In order to recognize and identify darkness as an entity and its established kingdom, we need to identify and recognize its traits and characteristics. One thing we know about darkness is it loves to hide things and keep things hidden and in secret. Darkness likes for things to be blinded and not able to see. Darkness creeps in through cracks and shadows. Darkness can not STAND light or anything created in it and seeks to destroy it by any and all means possible. Keep these traits of darkness in mind when identifying darkness and its kingdom.
Ever hear of dark magic? The dark arts? Consorting with the dark lord? Prince of darkness? What about the occult (hidden)? Shadow government? These are all means of which darkness establishes and works within, moves through and establishes its kingdom within God’s creation. Ephesians 6:12: “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” The same way God moves and communicates in spirit with his kingdom, darkness communes with those who are established in its kingdom. When they communicate, develop plans and implement them it is all done with the goal of keeping things and people in the dark, keeping them blind, keeping things hidden and ultimately destroying God’s creation.
John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy
Job 5:12-14 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. 14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
Proverbs 4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Children of Darkness
We know that on the sixth day after “letting there be light” God created Adam, also known as man. Adam and his children being created in light also became known as the children of light. 1 Thessalonians 5:5 “Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.” At that time darkness began conspiring with the Angels to infiltrate and destroy the children of light through their own children, Genesis 6:4, “There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown”. Jude 6:1 “And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.” These angels were led by the prince of the kingdom of darkness, aka The Prince of Darkness and a bunch of other aliases ie. Satan, Azazel, Lucifer Revelation 12:9 “ And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”
