Genesis 1:3 NLT
The following was written by my dear friend, David Jackson.
God’s first recorded words in Scripture illuminated His new creation with light. This is not the light of the sun, which was not created till the fourth day. This initial illumination is apparently the glory of God, that brilliant evidence of His presence from which man retreated in his fallen state, having degenerated to a point where he loved darkness more than the light (John 3.19).
It is this glory of God that will illuminate the new creation once it has been delivered from the evil and injustice of a dark, fallen world (Revelation 22.5). It is this glory that is captured in the very person of Jesus Christ. For God, who said, “Let there be light in the darkness,” has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ. (2 Corinthians 4.6 NLT). Jesus is the Light of the world, that “true Light that gives light to every man coming into the world” (John 1.9).
Jesus’ first coming illuminated the path for entering the kingdom of God. His second coming will be “a glorious appearing” that establishes that heavenly kingdom on earth (Titus 2.13-14). It will be a moment when the prevailing evil that has smothered the world in gross darkness for so long will be “destroyed by the brightness of His coming“ (2 Thessalonians 2.8). On that great Day when every eye shall be overwhelmed by a brilliance greater than the sun shining at peak strength, every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that He alone is the true Light of the World.
Jesus’ first coming illuminated the path for entering the kingdom of God. His second coming will be “a glorious appearing” that establishes that heavenly kingdom on earth (Titus 2.13-14). It will be a moment when the prevailing evil that has smothered the world in gross darkness for so long will be “destroyed by the brightness of His coming“ (2 Thessalonians 2.8). On that great Day when every eye shall be overwhelmed by a brilliance greater than the sun shining at peak strength, every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that He alone is the true Light of the World.
In the light of that moment, all the world will be of one mind, agreeing together that Jesus alone illumines the Way to the Father; He alone disperses the darkness that has been attempting to conceal the Truth; He alone can ignite our soul with new Life. That glorious appearing is not far away. Today is the day of preparation for that day.
Dear Jesus,
Shine Your Light on us! Illumine our souls with Your very presence. Illumine our path with Your Word that we might know “the way wherein we should walk.” And light up our hearts and minds with a sense of urgency so that we may prepare ourselves for Your soon glorious return. Amen
Dear Jesus,
Shine Your Light on us! Illumine our souls with Your very presence. Illumine our path with Your Word that we might know “the way wherein we should walk.” And light up our hearts and minds with a sense of urgency so that we may prepare ourselves for Your soon glorious return. Amen
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