Isaiah 38:7-8 And this shall be a sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he has spoken;… I do not consider that I am putting any undue strain upon the text in applying it to Christ. The Shechinah was the recognised token to Israel of the presence of her covenant God. It led the Magi to Bethlehem. It shone around the shepherds on the night of the nativity. It overwhelmed Saul of Tarsus on the way to Damascus. Christ is the Light that dispels and reverses our shadows. Christ has dispelled and reversed — I. THE SHADOW OF, SIN. II. THE SHADOW OF GRIEF. III. THE SHADOW OF DEATH. "If He be in thee," wrote John Pulsford, "who is the Light of Life, very Light and very Life, then, when the candlelight of ,thy body's life goes out, the sunlight of thy soul's life shall be bright about thee. ' (R. Balgarnie, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;WEB: This shall be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do this thing that he has spoken. |
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