Introduction
A Jewish professor from the Boston University once told a story of a deed that was done in his country, so the story goes: To a stadium in the city’s center, thousands of people were brought, and each was given a candle and a lighter. When the stadium was filled, and everyone had taken their seats, all lights were shut off, and darkness engulfed all stands. A voice called from the public-address system, and asked everyone present to light up their candles, and within a few moments, suddenly, all candles were lit, and a grand burst of light shone from the gloom, and warmed the hearts of all attendees.
After finishing the story, the professor said, if each one of us would’ve done but a single act of kindness, just like the multitude of single candles in the darkness, the whole world will become a better place to live in, and there will be no more wars, losses, sorrow, and pain. A great light shine over the entire world, the light of hope and unity.
Since the dawn of history, humanity had been enduring struggles between good and evil, even dating back to the times of Caine and Abel: With Abel representing the good side of humanity, while Caine representing the evil within it. The argument between the two heated up, and in the end, Caine murdered his brother Abel out of envy, by bludgeoning him to death with a rock. Abel’s body was laying lifeless in the field. Evil’s victory was at hand.
Who are the Sons of Light, who played a role in this struggle all along, and remain a mystery to this day?
A known historian claimed that the people of the Qumran sect believed that the Sons of Light essentially represent The Ministering Angels, whereas the Sons of Darkness represent the Angels of Destruction, and their sole purpose is to bring harm upon humanity. It is also said that at the End of Days, a great war will be waged, in which The Sons of Light will fight alongside the sect members against the Sons of Darkness, and eventually will prevail.
Overs claim that the Sons of Darkness are the dark regimes, which are driven by unfathomable hatred towards anyone who might be different from them. Each generation, such regimes rise to power and disturb the lives of people who only seek to live freely, in peace and unity with their neighbors.
History, among other things, teaches us an important lesson, that only through the past we may learn about our future, and the better we understand our past – the better we will be able to draw conclusions to shape our future.
The story that begins with Erez is one of a rare coincidence, where the course of the past and the course of the present had crossed paths with one another, at a unique point in time.
