Read chapter 60
What an amazing chapter of the glorious kingdom come! This chapter specifically describes the New Jerusalem, the center of God's activity on earth- "the place of My feet glorious" (v.13) as the earth is God's footstool. I'm always intrigued by what this light will be like that is not of the sun or the moon or electricity. Just as in Genesis chapter one verse three "God said, 'Let there be light' and there was light," but the sun wasn't created till day day four. So what was that light? We know Jesus is the light of the world (John 8:12), and surly He is the light that has come and the glorious salvation that will rise upon us spoken of in verse one of this chapter. Yet what about when spoken of as a light to see as we go about our day not needing the sun or moon? It's not that there won't be a sun or a moon but that they won't be needed the same way as they are now. One commentary put it this way: they shall not be needed in the radiance of the greater glory of the presence of Jehovah. Here on earth the sun sets and the moon wanes, but in that Divine glory there is no waning and no setting. (Elliott's Commentary)
What will this type of light be or mean to you in this glorious future we await?
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