Second by second 2000 years have trickled through the hourglass of time since Jesus Christ walked the shores of ancient Galilee.  Shortly after the death and resurrection of Christ, a faith-filled Apostle wrote, "The light continues to shine in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it" (John 1:5 Williams).  John, of course, meant that Christ had come as a light in a dark world, and with His coming, man had a new purpose in living, a new hope to brighten the day.  Two thousand years later, it takes even greater faith to believe that darkness is really passing away.