Arise, Shine!

 

Today's Verse is Isaiah 60:2

     For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,

      And gross darkness the people:

      But the LORD shall arise upon thee,

      And his glory shall be seen upon thee.

    In focusing on the “For, behold” we must first consider who the “thee” is. At this time, I do not believe it refers to Christ, but rather to his people, God’s chosen people: Israel. So, to the “behold,” this is referring to the darkness, even the gross darkness that is to come, which, I believe is none other than that time of Great Trouble, even Jacob’s Trouble, the great tribulation. And so now we discuss the “For.” Arise, shine; for thy light is come, /And the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. When God sends his wrath upon the world, we see here that he calls his people Israel to rise up and give (yea, be) a testimony unto the Glory of God during that darkest of times. Yet, even as they have been called, so are we that have partaken of the sufferings of Christ for the forgiveness of our sins bear the responsibility to testify of his Glory, that the whole world may know of his Grace and Mercy, even in the midst of his Wrath. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Isaiah 60-63, 2 Corinthians 1

Monday’s reading will be Isaiah 64-66, 2 Corinthians 2