Advent 7

Sun Light

7. Light, Sun, Star

We know that light is necessary for life to exist and much light for life to flourish. And not any kind will do. Some light is unhealthy (e.g. fluorescent and some LED) because it lacks the particular combination of waves and color balance for which organic organisms were design to use. So we know we need the kind made by God for His creation, thus the sun primarily. Therefore, when Jesus is called the Sun of Righteousness, that name is significant of necessity and sufficiency and appropriateness for His people to thrive. Without His light – like a plant without sunshine, or a person always indoors - we fade, we can't produce fruit, we wither and eventually die, forever. He is also called a Star. As long as they have existed, stars have been used for guidance, to mark the seasons, and to establish one's location. This is quite an accurate name for what our Savior does for us in our lives.

Genesis 1: 4; 14 –18

Job 22: 28; 24: 13

Psalms 4: 6; 27: 1; 36: 9; 43: 3; 56: 13; 89: 15; 119: 105; 136: 7–9; 148: 3

Ecclesiastes 11: 7

Isaiah 9: 2; 49: 6; 60: 1, 3, 20

Jeremiah 31: 35

Micah 7: 8, 9

Malachi 4: 2

Matthew 13: 43; 17: 2

Luke 1: 79

John 1: 7–9; 3: 19– 21; 8: 12: 9: 5; 12: 35, 36, 46

II Corinthians 4: 6; (11: 14)

Ephesians 1: 18; 5: 14

Philippians 2: 15

I Peter 2: 9

II Peter 1: 19

James 1: 17

I John 1: 5, 7

Revelation 1: 16; 21: 23; 22: 5

I would like to show you a project, from Abigail, but my computer must get itself in order first for me to be able to get to the photos. Still to come...