TINIEBLAS
In the Scriptures, this term is used in various senses:
(a) State of the earth before God said, “Let there be light” (Gen. 1:2).
(b) Temporary absence of light at night (Gen. 1:5).
(c) Extraordinary darkness brought by God (Ex. 10:21; 14:20; Mt. 27:45).
(d) The darkness in whose bosom God enveloped his glory (Ex. 20:21; Ps. 18:9, 11; 97:2; Heb. 12:18).
(e) State of death compared to natural life (Jb. 10:21, 22).
(f) Moral darkness. the state of man as a consequence of the fall (Ps. 82:5; Is. 9:2; Mt. 4:16; Jn. 1:5; 3:19; 2 Cor. 6:14; 1 Pet. 2: 9; Jude 6, 13).
God is light, and Christ came into the world as the true light; Everything that is excluded from God, or opposed to Him, participates in moral darkness.