Dec
15
Isaiah 9:2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: and they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. (Handel’s Messiah, Part 1, No. 11)
A very profitable study for any student of the Bible would be to consider the light imagery in reference to Jesus Christ. In the Old Testament as well as the New Testament, Jesus is associated with light while sin is associated with death. As we approach December 25 and the consideration of the incarnation of our Lord, take time to think on Jesus as the “light of the world”. Consider the cry of our hearts struggling over sin and how often we utter words like, “It just feels like I’m in the dark!” It is difficult to find a truer statement of our struggle with sin. It is the light of Jesus and the light of the gospel that dispels the darkness of sin. It is a beautiful bit of God given imagery for us to consider our incarnate Lord as the light that has come into the world.
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