New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Darkness

• Created by God Ps. 104:20; Isa. 45:7
• Originally covered the earth Gen. 1:2
• Separated from the light Gen. 1:4
• Called night Gen. 1:5
• Caused by the setting of the sun Gen. 15:17; Jn. 6:17
• Inexplicable nature of Job 38:19, 20
• Exhibits God's power and greatness Job 38:8, 9
• Degrees of, mentioned
  • Great Gen. 15:12
  • That may be felt Ex. 10:21
  • Thick Dt. 5:22; Joel 2:2
  • Gross Jer. 13:16
  • Outer or extreme Mt. 8:12
• Effects of
  • Keeps us from seeing objects Ex. 10:23
  • Causes us to go astray Jn. 12:35; 1 Jn. 2:11
  • Causes us to stumble Isa. 59:10
• Often put for night Ps. 91:6
• Called the swaddling band of the sea Job 38:9
• Cannot hide us from God Ps. 139:11, 12
• The wicked
  • The children of 1 Th. 5:5
  • Live in Ps. 107:10
  • Walk in Ps. 82:5
  • Perpetrate their designs in Job 24:16
  • Are full of Mt. 6:23
• Miraculous
  • On mount Sinai Ex. 19:16; Heb. 12:18
  • Over the land of Egypt Ex. 10:21, 22
  • At the death of Christ Mt. 27:45
  • Before the destruction of Jerusalem Mt. 24:29
• Illustrative of
  • Greatness and unsearchableness of God Ex. 20:21; 2 Sam. 22:10, 12; 1 Ki. 8:12; Ps. 97:2
  • Abstruse and deep subjects Job 28:3
  • Secrecy Isa. 45:19; Mt. 10:27
  • Ignorance and error Job 37:19; Isa. 60:2; Jn. 1:5, 3:19, 12:35; Acts 26:18
  • Anything hateful Job 3:4-9
  • A course of sin Pr. 2:13; Eph. 5:11
  • Heavy afflictions Job 23:17; Ps. 112:4; Eccl. 5:17; Isa. 5:30, 8:22, 59:9
  • The power of Satan Eph. 6:12; Col. 1:13
  • The grave 1 Sam. 2:9; Job 10:21, 22
  • The punishment of devils and wicked men Mt. 22:13; 2 Pet. 2:4, 17; Jude 1:6, 13