1. Imagine that natural (Sun) light represents the light that shines on all men to illuminate the Divine ethos. Like in Romans 1, the rules of conduct that (unless so deeply suppressed) generally agreed upon by every people group, in every culture.
2. Imagine the Law of God, spiritually discerned by His special revelation (as it was almost exclusively given to the Jews in the Old Covenant and whose purpose was fully revealed in the New) to be represented by a magnifying glass which the Word holds between the light of the Sun and those on which it should shine. The light now, in a more acute manner, either illuminates those clothed in Christ's righteousness, or scorches those who stand naked in its light.
3. Imagine the laws of moralistic legalism as the artificial light produced by man as an imitation; intended to light their way inside shelters built in order to actually shield themselves from the natural light and its reveling powers.
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