Tag: God Provides Light in Darkness - Isaiah 56-61

Isaiah 60:19-20

The sun shall be no more

your light by day,

nor for brightness shall the moon

give you light;

but the Lord will be your everlasting light,

and your God will be your glory.

Your sun shall no more go down,

nor your moon withdraw itself;

for the Lord will be your everlasting light,

and your days of mourning shall be ended.

Tag:  God Provides Light in Darkness

The above passage comes on he heals of Isaiah’s pronouncement of judgment on those who fail to put their faith in God.   Isaiah breaks through with this pronouncement of light, even at the prophecy of judgment.   The prophet states that even though the sun may be wiped out via destructive work of God’s judgement and the brightness of the moon shall be cut off, God will be the light for those who resist the evil of the day.  Those who, by faith, endure in the midst of the evil around them will have their mourning end!!   Isaiah’s prophecy sounds much like Habakkuk’s words as well:

Habakkuk 3:17-19

Though the fig tree should not blossom,

nor fruit be on the vines,

the produce of the olive fail

and the fields yield no food,

the flock be cut off from the fold

and there be no herd in the stalls,

yet I will rejoice in the Lord;

I will take joy in the God of my salvation.

God, the Lord, is my strength;

he makes my feet like the deer's;

he makes me tread on my high places.

God’s Word is very clear:  Those who trust Him, obey Him and follow Him in Faith, will “eventually” have the blessing of God. It MAY NOT BE on this side of death.  But, there is blessing for those who trust in God.   Those who lack faith, follow evil and disobey God will end, AT SOME POINT, in judgement and death.   God is clear.  He is the right choice and this passage, like many others, give us the promises we need to hold on to the end.