Isaiah 60:20 Your sun shall no more go down; neither shall your moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be your everlasting light… I. THE PRESENT STATE OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD. A state of darkness and of sorrow. To what causes can such experience be ascribed? 1. To their remaining ignorance, and the imperfection of their present views. 2. This may be the case under a sense of the prevalence of sin, and especially of unbelief. 3. They may be in such a situation also, from the Lord withdrawing from them the sensible communications of spiritual light and comfort. II. THEIR FUTURE STATE. A state of uninterrupted light, of perpetual cessation from sorrow, consequently of endless joy. The Lord shall be the everlasting light of His people. 1. As He will give them a more enlarged capacity of knowing and enjoying "Him. 2. He will afford them more perfect discoveries of Himself. 3. He will afford them more enlarged views of His works and ways. 4. He will impart to them the fullest assurance of their interest in His peculiar regard. 5. He will be their everlasting Light. (D. Dickson.) Parallel Verses KJV: Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. |
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