Genesis 1:3 “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.”
So, we have God who is eternal and light that is ministered. When God wants to communicate and create,He doesn’t not release life but light. Further, there are creatures of light that do not have eternal life. For instance; lucifer is the bearer of light but does not have eternal life. There is a possibility of light to come from the heavenly realm and turn itself as gospel and you can receive that light - But the question comes, is there eternal life in that light?
NOTE: lucifer is the bearer of light but he doesn’t have eternal life, so, there’s a greater possibility of having light and lack eternal life.
God declared light and light appeared, so when we see light we are not confused because we know there is life beyond that light. We are the light of the world but there is life beyond that light. Light can come as light and yet there is no life in that light.
Now we understand that when God ministered light onto the earth He converted His life into light. So before we had light, we had life and the life is called “GOD” (ETERNAL LIFE). What we are pursuing in gospel is not light but eternal life. So we have eternal life who is God and He is converting His life to light and light converts itself into glory.
FURTHER MEDITATION.
John 1:4 “In him was life; and the life was the light of men.”
Psalm 36:9 “For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.”