Arise And Shine For Your Light Has Come

And the glory of the lord is risen upon you.

Arise and shine for your light has come. This verse paints a wonderful picture if you are a christian about how our light has come and we need to shine through. That light shines on you and me. For henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. 2 for behold the darkness shall cover the earth and gross darkness the people.

4 lift up thine eyes round about and see. Isaiah 52 1 2 awake awake. Arise shine for your light has come and the glory of the lord rises upon you isaiah 60 1 niv. Your light has come.

Arise and shine for your light has come. Synonyms include emerge spring up and come to light. Many verses in the bible are of universal application but the above verse is targeted specifically at a particular group of people the group that has failed neglected or is slow to do what god they ought to do. It s something we read over and over in the word isaiah 60 1 but do we really understand what it means.

For your light has come and the glory of the lord has risen upon you. Put on thy beautiful garments o jerusalem the holy city. For your light has come. But she may reflect the radiance.

For thy light is come and the glory of the lord is risen upon thee. For your light is come and the glory of the lord is risen on you. When you see this baby you see god s glory god s holiness. The gentiles bless zion arise shine.

Arise literally to get up. When you read this verse from isaiah i am immediately have a picture of the sun shining and a bright sunny day and a bright future. Arise shine for your light has come and the glory of the lord has risen upon you isaiah wrote these words 700 years before christ but he s talking about christ ultimately. Put on thy strength o zion.

On a dark bethlehem night the light of the world is born. Zion has long been prostrate in the dust from the prophet s standpoint and covered with thick darkness. But the lord shall arise upon thee and his glory shall be seen upon thee. Synonyms include emerge spring up and come to light.

Compare yourself to the holy son of god and you see every flaw every fault every crooked. For your light has come. Arise literally to get up. And isaiah is saying this to god s people to israel in the old testament and to the church in the new testament.