If light symbolizes God, darkness connotes everything that is anti-God: the wicked ( Prov 2:13-14 ; 1馃挿 Thess 5:4-7 ), judgment ( Exod 10:21 ; Matt 25:30 ), and death ( Psalm 88:12 ). Salvation brings light馃挿 to those in darkness ( Isa 9:2 ). Although darkness is opaque to man, it is transparent to God (馃挿 Psalm 139:12 ).