1:78,79
Salvation comes to us because of the “tender mercy of our God”. We are completely dependent upon the mercy of God. The “rising sun” is the Messiah. He will come from heaven. In John’s gospel there is great emphasis placed on the fact that Jesus has come from heaven, that He is the one sent by the Father. Jesus was sent to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide us to the path of peace. Isaiah 9:1,2 speaks of those living in darkness seeing a great light. The gospel was sent to shine in the darkest places. We can be fearful of dark places, and understandably so, but the light overcomes the darkness.
1:80
John was born and became strong. He lived in the wilderness. Now why did this happen? His parents were old, so it may be that they died when John was quite young and he had to look after himself. The wilderness he lived in was probably the desert of Judea which lies between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea. There was a time of preparation before he began his public ministry. Paul also had a time on preparation (Gal 2:1). There are times in our lives when nothing much seems to be happening. We need to be meditating upon the Scriptures, communing with God, for we all need times of preparation.
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