Isaiah 60:1,2 - Arise, shine, for your light has come

60:1

“Arise, shine, for your light has come”. I have said this several times before and will say it again, for it so crucial to appreciating the full measure of Isaiah. Remember the situation in to which Isaiah was prophesying, a people in captivity, in exile. A downtrodden people. Israel’s light has come. Jesus brought light into the world, indeed He is the light of the world. And He does not come to condemn the world, but to save the world. His glory rises upon us.

60:2

This is all in stark contrast to the world, which is covered in thick darkness. So we see this contrast, thick darkness covers the peoples, but the light of the Lord shines upon us. We will see in the next verse the purpose of this. When we look at our world we see it fumbling about in the dark, not knowing what to do. The worst thing the church can do is to seek to become like the world, what a foolish thing to do, yet so much of the church seems to think it is good idea!