Without this "redemption, the forgiveness of sins," no one can belong to him or enter his kingdom. That is why he died on the cross like the man of God from Judah. The important thing is that, as the above passage says, we were once children of darkness, suffering under its dominion, but now we walk in the light by belonging to the Son— being united with him “in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.” Love = light. As we walk in the light, we also walk in the same love with which the Father loves his Son. Where there is no love, there is darkness.