from darkness to light

"These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ."
- Col 2:17
This is one of the most fascinating things. Jesus also said it in John 5:39. The OT is so intense. It talks about our Lord in such detail. But stays only a shadow, until we accept the reality: Christ and become alive in Him.
Our life will only be a shadow on earth (Job 8:9) without Christ, a plastic life; a life that's so empty, insecure and lifeless that can only be described as such: a shadow without hope (1 Chr 29:15).
My shadow met Life on his journey and became alive.
The Law met Jesus and became alive with Christ in every single one of us.

"I am the way and the truth and the life" - John 14:6