2 Corinthains 4 (Part 1)

In the beginning God (prepared, formed, fashioned, and) created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and an empty waste, and darkness was upon the face of the very great deep. The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good (suitable, pleasant) and He approved it; and God separated the light from the darkness.
Genesis 1:1-4 (Amplified)

Today I read 2 Corinthians chapter 4, and was struck by the parallel between the “light” of the gospel referred to in this chapter and the light spoken into existence by God at the creation of the world.

For the god of this world has blinded the unbelievers' minds [that they should not discern the truth], preventing them from seeing the illuminating light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ (the Messiah), Who is the Image and Likeness of God. For what we preach is not ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves [merely] as your servants (slaves) for Jesus' sake. For God Who said, Let light shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts so as [to beam forth] the Light for the illumination of the knowledge of the majesty and glory of God [as it is manifest in the Person and is revealed] in the face of Jesus Christ (the Messiah). However, we possess this precious treasure [the divine Light of the Gospel] in [frail, human] vessels of earth, that the grandeur and exceeding greatness of the power may be shown to be from God and not from ourselves.
2 Corinthians 4:4-7

In the context of this parallel, I find it amazing that the first recorded “command” of God is the creation of light. And it makes me ask the obvious question, “Was that intentional?" Did God already have His plan for our salvation in mind when He was forming the earth? Was the light of the world “The Light of the World”? (That is to say, was the light referred to in Genesis the person of Christ?) Is Christ aluded to before the foundations of world were begun? Before the animals? Before Adam? Well it only makes sense to say yes—but what a yes!