Isaiah’s sermons on light.

The funeral of this planet, and the coming of the Light of marital beauty, occur simultaneously in Isaiah’s (one of the most poetic Jewish prophets) passages on the nature of the True Light.

The darkness covers the whole earth, at this future moment he poetically inscribes repeatedly, when the light breaks forth on His People and City (Isaiah 40 and 2), the nations make their choice! And, we, stream either towards or away from it! Those who move away, die. Those who move towards are instantly blessed into being!

The darkness increases, and is increasing daily, and yet, and then the Light appears (as it is already dawning on those of us who are turned towards it! We, just simple reflectors, not based on how far we have come, but on how fully we are turned and yielded, how close we are to The Light!), and illuminates and transforms everything! People stream towards it, or away from it–always that is the choice, move towards or away from Him, The Light! What magnetizes you? Determine that now.

 Everyone leaves and clings towards, or in reaction to the Light.

The prophet’s metaphor here is the nature of the dawn. He uses the metaphor’s of nature.

As the sun is a sign of The Son’s Nature dawning…each day, we watch this break of light over all of creation. The metaphor here is the light is already breaking on those who are receptive! And it will shine ever more fully as we lean in! Our job is to lean well, to be the receptors of The Light. We then, not only  become transformed, but we become refractors of His Light–He who is The Light!

People stream towards or away from  it (from Him), bringing the best of what they have (the gift of their nation)s, their finest gifts to bring to the King and His Presence.

Isaiah 2 and 40 both deal with this moment in future history!

We offer our very best to The God who is steaming from Zion.

Our own transformation is from Light to light. We are changed by encountering His Light!

The Light makes us lights, and we refracted The Light and attracted all of mankind to The Light. Those that rejected the Light, became and become utterly desolate.

As in the days of Noah (which are like our own days), the whole world was dark, under the pall of funerial sickness. Then a great Light broke in and illuminated all that was turned towards it. We waited beforehand, expectantly until the Light fully shown. And we no longer needed the symbol of the Sun. God Himself was the Light for us, and we shown ourselves like the Son.

He shone and seared through and in His People, and His Holy City until all of mankind had to choose rather to go on pilgrimage towards The Light or to stay in death. He seared us into place with the sheer radiance of His Light! Refining us into our true natures and being. That’s the picture in this passage. So awake, and shine for your Light has come!

And this same Light of His Being, which illuminates everything at the end, broke down into the darkness beforehand in Jesus, to bring His Light to the peoples, to set the captives free (Jesus quotes this passage from Isaiah about Himself). Behold we have seen a great light, already dawning and shining in His People….Welcome to the once and future King, who is The Light of all nations, and illuminates the cosmos itself in His Own Being. This is the light we serve by reflecting it, and being forged by it. This is our Friend in His most sheering and intense expression, symbol and experience of Himself. God is Light, whoever walks in this light, will live.

If you look at this passage as a story, it’s one about the effects of Light.

As soon as you enter Light in the scriptures, you travel all over the place. Great way to enter His Life and Being! Look at the metaphor of light in scripture! Wow. What a  great way to encounter Him—my ultimate Reality Friend!!!

Genesis, Isaiah, the book and thoughts of John, Revelation—everywhere. God is Light, and it shines all the way through the book. Great meditation. The Light that was and is and is to come. It pierced time itself and space!

May the blessings of more of HIs Light fall on us all who are seeking it! God calls Himself Light, it is one of His Names. Good to pay attention to how Light works! We are His little lights on earth. Don’t hide your light beneath a shade. Shine brightly until all see and have a clear choice!

If God’s metaphor of Himself is Light, we are wise to pay attention to the Nature of Light. Genesis, John and Revelation all reveal this basic symbol of who God is! God names Himself as Light, and reveals Himself within the metaphor of radiance itself.