All Things Bear Record of Me
Following the account of creation in Moses 2, what God created each day is a symbol used for the Savior. On the first day, “And I, God, said: Let there be light; and there was light. And I, God, saw the light; and that light was good. And I, God, divided the light from the darkness” (Moses 2:3-4). He created light and divided it from darkness. Later the Savior declared, “And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not” (John 1:5). He also said, “I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness” (John 12:46). He likewise proclaimed, “As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world” (John 9:5). Just as He created physical light and separated it from darkness, He is spiritual light and brings us out of darkness. On the second day, “And again, I, God, said: Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and it was so, even as I spake; and I said: Let it divide the waters from the waters; and it was done; An...