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.
Isaiah 60:20
As we look to day of the Lord’s coming Isaiah says on that day the sun will no longer be our light by day but the Lord will be our everlasting light. St. John in Revelation (Rev 21:23) says the glory of the light of our Lord will be the everlasting light of the New Jerusalem. The old order of creation yields to the new (2 Corinthians 5:17) says St. Paul as we are united with Christ by faith and baptism but on that day we will be totally changed in all ways to be in union with Christ Jesus our Lord.
There shall be no more mourning St John prophesies in Revelation (Rev 21:4) because on that day as Isaiah prophesies death will be swallowed up (Isaiah 25:8) and Christ will dwell with all the people of the world. No longer will we sense the presence of God sometimes but we will live in the presence of God forever. The Hebrew word for “glory” is “shekhinah” which refers to a dwelling or settling of the divine presence of God among his chosen people. We will all be recreated to live in divine fellowship with Christ and his new creation with the God being our everlasting light.
Soli Deo Gloria
