וְּהָּיוּ לִׁמְּאוֹרוֹת בִׁרְּקִׁיעַ הַשָּמָּיִׁם, לְּהָּאִׁיר עַל-הָּאָּרֶץ; וַיְּהִׁי-כֵן
Vehayu lime'orot birkia hashamayim leha'ir al-ha'aretz; vayehi chen
“And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth. And it was so.”
When our Lord Jesus Christ presented Himself as the Light of the world, He was not only speaking of His lordship in the context of "Meorot" (Luminaries) but also in "Ha'aretz" (The Earth), where He will reign eternally. His manifestations illuminate both the physical and spiritual worlds, with the luminaries of the firmament also serving as signs of His existence.
We must not lose sight of the fact that "Ha'aretz" (the earth) is a stage that receives His light, and in this world, His light must be manifested and revealed. The earth, as a receptacle, receives the vibrations of His word, as the Word, and that wisdom must illuminate our understanding so that our knowledge does not continue to be part of the darkness, chaos, disorder, misinformation, ignorance, and that unconscious universe where we fail to fully coordinate our will.
By being receptive to His wisdom and guidance, our lives will be directed toward the spiritual purpose. In gematria, "Meorot" (מְּ אוֹרוֹת), adding up to 247, a number that breaks down to 2+4+7=13, reminds us of the unity of the Creator, represented by the word "Echad" (אחד), meaning "one." This concept integrates with "Ha'aretz" (הָּאָּרֶ ץ) and its gematric value of 296 (ה = 5, א = 1, ר = 200, ץ = 90), which speaks of stability and how it structures creation, the foundation upon which physical and spiritual life develop. It is a space where divine will is materialized, denoting an order that, however, we sometimes resist assimilating.
For this reason, His precepts and commands call us to be receptive to the light and His wisdom. Even the luminaries that light up the earth, as guides, signal to us with their flashes that we are part of a higher purpose. This implies that our darkened minds, as vessels, must be illuminated with those divine sparks of light, projected as images that lead us to make wise decisions and act consistently with that spiritual perspective.
Everything has a structure and purpose in this creation. That solid framework, based on biblical principles, is what allows us to receive and manifest divine light more effectively, creating a conducive environment for spiritual growth and the fulfillment of our purpose on earth.
In Genesis (Bereishit), the sun, moon, or stars are not directly mentioned by name in the early days, but rather are spoken of as "luminaries"
(lumbreas), in Hebrew, "מְּ אֹרֹת" (me'orot) when God creates them on the fourth day.
This abstract and symbolic language reiterates that the sun, moon, or stars are not just physical bodies, but channels of spiritual energy. Therefore, we speak of "luminaries" because what matters is not the object, but the function it fulfills in Creation: to give light.
The Zohar explains that light (or) represents divine (sephirotic) emanation, and the luminaries are vehicles for that light. The view of depersonalizing them also reiterates the error of some ancient cultures of viewing the stars as gods. So, by calling them simply "luminaries," the text shows that they are simply creations at the service of the Creator.
Let us also keep in mind that if we analyze these concepts from a scientific or mystical perspective, we can better interpret the teachings contained therein, since this "stardust" contains the elements of our bodies (carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, iron), which implies that everything was formed from it, from its essence.
Kabbalah teaches that the universe was created from the Infinite Light of the Creator (called Ein Sof, "Without End"). Before anything physical existed, there was only a pure spiritual light. When the Creator decided to "create," He contracted His Light (this is called Tzimtzum) to allow a space where the "other" could exist. From this light, condensed into levels (sefirot), all of creation emerged, including us. Thus, everything created contains a "divine spark," or spiritual dust or essence.
When translating the phrase "אבק כוכבים" (avak kokhavim = stardust): אבק (avak = dust), א )1 + (ב )2 + (ק )100 = (103 ,כוכבים (kokhavim = stars): כ (20) + ו )6 + (כ )20 + (ב )2 + (י )10 + (ם (40) = 98, gives us a total of 103 + 98 = 201. Which coincides with words like: אוֹר בוֹרֵ א ("Or Bore" = Light of the Creator): אוֹר )207 ,(בורא (216), even the 201 is also the value of אריה (Aryeh = lion), a symbol of power, fire, and spiritual royalty (an attribute of our Savior), reinforcing the idea that stardust represents a higher energy.
Mystically, this "dust" contains: Sparks of Divine Light – particles of the Ein Sof that descended and "hidden" in matter. And it is these spiritual letters with which everything was created. According to the Zohar, everything was formed by combinations of Hebrew letters, which are "energy codes," which tells us that there is the memory of our origin. Everything in the universe was created by the Big Bang of His voice.
The Kabbalah reiterates that everything created—including us—contains the essence of the Creator. "Stardust," as a modern metaphor, contains these particles charged with divine Light, sacred memory, and divine intention.