Isaiah 60:1-12 Arise, shine; for your light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen on you.… I. THE DAWNING OF THE LIGHT. "Thy light is come." If the light is always near, but the darkness is in man's heart and the blindness in his soul, we have to ask how the darkness passes away, and to point out the manner in which the glory of God dawns upon it, in order that we may see why its dawning is a summons to arise and shine. There are three requisites for its dawning — three stages in the history of the soul's enlightenment. 1. Spiritual penitence. 2. Spiritual penitence must pass into spiritual love. 3. Spiritual love necessitates spiritual prayer. II. THE AWAKENING CALL. "Arise, shine." That summons is the inevitable result of the dawning of the light. When God is felt to be near a man thus — in penitence, love, and prayer, that man is imperatively bound to reflect the glory which has risen in his heart; to bear witness of the light which has pierced and transformed his soul. Let us again observe that this is also based on a great principle, viz. the deepest emotion in a man's nature must reveal itself in his life. I proceed to show the way in which the glory of the Lord thus manifests itself in life. 1. In the majesty of holiness. 2. In the beauty of unselfishness. 3. In the earnestness of your efforts for men, (E. L. Hull, B. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.WEB: "Arise, shine; for your light is come, and the glory of Yahweh is risen on you. |
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