The future depicted by Isaiah expresses our Christian hope: the new Jerusalem, where believers from every people and nation will gather around the throne of our Savior-God in eternal worship and praise, finally freed from death, mourning, pain, and sin. On the one hand, he’s prophesying the future: “Nations will come to your light.” On the other hand, he’s describing the present: “Your light has come.” The prophet continues to alternate between these two timeframes over the course of the chapter. The bleakness of this world, the gloominess of my heart, the thick darkness. Isaiah 60:1-3Ī quick Google search of recent societal trends reveals a dark picture: high numbers of divorce and out-of-wedlock births rising levels of crime and imprisonment unprecedented rates of depression,Īnxiety, and loneliness. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you. The Glory of the Lord Dispels the DarknessĪrise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
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