Isaiah 42:10-18 ~ New Revised Standard Version
Sing to the LORD a new song,
his praise from the end of the earth!
Let the sea roar and all that fills it,
the coastlands and their inhabitants.
Let the desert and its towns lift up their voice,
the villages that Kedar inhabits;
let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy,
let them shout from the tops of the mountains.
Let them give glory to the LORD,
and declare his praise in the coastlands.
The LORD goes forth like a soldier,
like a warrior he stirs up his fury;
he cries out, he shouts aloud,
he shows himself mighty against his foes.
For a long time I have held my peace,
I have kept still and restrained myself;
now I will cry out like a woman in labor,
I will gasp and pant.
I will lay waste mountains and hills,
and dry up all their herbage;
I will turn the rivers into islands,
and dry up the pools.
I will lead the blind
by a road they do not know,
by paths they have not known
I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I will do,
and I will not forsake them.
They shall be turned back and utterly put to shame -—
those who trust in carved images,
who say to cast images,
"You are our gods."
Listen, you that are deaf;
and you that are blind, look up and see!
Sing to the LORD a new song,
his praise from the end of the earth!
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying:
"Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men in whom he is well pleased!"
Sing for joy,
let them shout from the tops of the mountains.
Let them give glory to the LORD,
and declare his praise
And it came to pass, when the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this
And when they saw it, they made known
by a road they do not know,
by paths they have not known
I will guide them.
Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.
They shall be turned back and utterly put to shame -—those who trust in carved images, who say to cast images, "You are our gods."
And having been warned by God in a dream not to return to Herod, the magi left for their own country by another way.
And the people were shouting, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!”
Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.
I will turn the darkness before them into Light.
There was the true light, even the light which lighteth every man, coming into the world.
These are the things I will do, and I will not forsake them.
“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel.” Which means, God with us!
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
The early Church knew something we do not often speak of, or think of. In the days before electricity, how did these fortunate ones travel by night. What are halos.
The Light of the world. This is phenomena discussed still today. Catherine Marshall reported her husband Peter Marshall, Presbyterian Minister, Chaplin of the United States Senate, radiated light from his body, actually his soul, as he departed this life.
Jesus Christ, as an infant, radiated Light.
Acts 2:2-4
And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit
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