the light of God and of us

Therefore, "in your light, we will see the light" means that when we receive revelation from God, His holy light shines upon us and allows us to see the true condition of a certain matter, which becomes perfectly clear. Under our own light we will never see the light. Only in the light of God can we see the light. In Ephesians 5:13 we clearly see the function of light: "But all things that are reproved are made manifest by light;
because everything that makes things manifest is light. " This indicates that the function of light is to put things in evidence. The first light mentioned in Psalm 36: 9 is absolute and impartial and belongs to God. In this light we are naked and discovered and we can not avoid seeing our true condition, which is the light we see when we are in that light.

We do not know what we are, but once the divine light shines, we become aware of our condition. Many things that we have considered good, when they are exposed by the divine light, we will realize how horrible they are. We may think that we are better than others, but when the light illuminates our being, we see not only that sin is sin, but many things that we thought were good, also manifest as sin. We should not examine ourselves, and then inform the Lord of the results; on the contrary, the light must enlighten us, and then we must confess our sins before Him. So, taking a personal examination is not a success. Self-knowledge does not come from self-examination internally, but from divine light. As the divine light shines on us, we can see what He sees in this light.

We do not have to ask ourselves how to know when the divine light is coming, nor how to know if that is the divine light, just as we do not need to use a candle or a lantern to know if the sun is in the sky. When we see ourselves, we will automatically know that we are exposed to sunlight and that it has already come out. When we have a more accurate knowledge about ourselves and we see our true picture and understand the fallen condition of our flesh, we know that God has given us His light and that we are under divine light. However, if the concept we have of ourselves is not accurate, we will not realize that our flesh is weak, vile and corrupt as described in the Bible. This shows that we have not received the divine light. When it illuminates us, we do not need to ask where the light is or what it is, because its manifestation is evident.

After Adam ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, the first thing he saw was the shame of his nakedness. This was the feeling of his own conscience. But did this make him fear God? No. Even, using his own efforts, he made aprons with fig leaves to cover his nudity. When he heard the voice of God asking him: "Where are you?", He hid among the trees of the garden trying to escape from the presence of God, although he did not succeed. He could not depend on the aprons he had made and had to admit that he was naked. The most that can result from examining ourselves is, as in the case of Adam, that we see our own shame. However, he felt no remorse for his sin; and also tried to cover it up.

When God questioned him, Adam knew himself. When God asked him where he was, he did not do it because he did not know it, but so that Adam would realize where he was. Those of us who have experience in this, can testify that when we examine ourselves, even if we see something bad, the only thing we can do is cover it using our own means. But when the divine light illuminates us, we can not hide.