September 2016

…A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden – Mathew 5:14

In the aeon before radar, satellite navigation and GPS systems, lighthouses were vital to protect ships from crashing onto rocks, shoals and shores. Their main purpose was to warn ships of dangerous sand bars and rocky shores that lie along the ship’s course. They were built solely to serve, never for their own sake. The lighthouse is one of the most vivid images of standing strong in a storm. Yet, lighthouses did not fire cannons to call attention to their shining; they simply shined!

That you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world – Philippians 2:15

“The function of the candlestick was to cast light on the object that was immediately opposite it, which was the golden table of showbread. The showbread, of course, represents Jesus Christ, who said:

That was the TRUE LIGHT which gives light to every man coming into the world – John 1:9

There is a mysterious interplay between the ministries of CHRIST as LIGHT of the world and as LAMB of God. The purpose behind His coming was to bring Light into the world’s deep darkness and to redeem a battered and broken world by shedding His blood. No other personality has ever qualified, or ever will, to be the LIGHT and the LAMB at the same time!

This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that GOD IS LIGHT and in Him is no darkness at all – 1 John 1:5

We’ve begun to explore the mysteries of light from both natural and spiritual perspectives: that light is a tangible reality, has form, and is powerful, impactful, dynamic, and varied in manifestations. Is light then a mere force or energy in creation? Suddenly, we encounter the truth that “GOD IS LIGHT” and a new perspective of revelation seems to emerge!