Great owl

Great owl

'Darkness' is a difficult riddle because we usually use a secondary metaphor which appears to be opposite the primary metaphor. It's not, when properly explained. It is complicated by the false teaching within the church that the great duality on earth is between good and evil. It's not. Evil is not equal but opposite of good.

Here are the clues:

God lived in darkness before he created light

When he created the universe, it was dark

Light is opposite darkness

If your eye is evil your body is filled with darkness

Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

Evaluating the clues:

God never lived in evil. Before creation there was love between the Father and Son and Holy Spirit.

When he created the universe it was good, not evil.

Love is the opposite of Holiness

If you are evil you are presuming upon God's love.

When you have been made holy, do not presume upon grace.

When God created, he covered his creation in love.

Darkness is a metaphor that can be expressed in a positive from God's perspective, or a negative from our perspective. It expresses God's love and mercy. If we are in sin, and haven't been destroyed, we are receiving his mercy. So we may also say that being in darkness is being in sin and presuming upon God's mercy.

The Great Owl represents those in the dark who should not be our teachers .

great owl yanshuwph ינשׁוף - I י in the dark נשׁוף. The one who is in the dark is sinning and presuming upon the grace of God.

1Jo 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.

1Jo 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

1Pe 2:9 But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: