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Sunday, December 11, 2011

DAYS OF PRAISE-THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT!

Days of Praise

There Shall Be No Night

December 11, 2011

“And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle,

neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light:

and they shall reign forever and ever.” (Revelation 22:5)


In the account of the creation, we read that the first word

from God was, “Let there be light” (Genesis 1:3). He did

not actually create or make light, as He did everything

else, since God is light (1 John 1:5). He did create darkness,

however (Isaiah 45:7), and then divided the light from

the darkness. “And God called the light Day, and the

darkness he called Night” (Genesis 1:5).

Although the darkness of night can be a time of blessing

through rest and sleep, it also soon came to symbolize

spiritual darkness. Most evil deeds are done at night,

and Christians are warned to “have no fellowship with

the unfruitful works of darkness” (Ephesians 5:11).

God has called us “out of darkness into his marvellous

light” (1 Peter 2:9).

In that wonderful age to come, when we go to dwell in

our eternal home in the Holy City, the city gates “shall not

be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there

” (Revelation 21:25). “And the city had no need of the sun,

neither of the moon, toshine in it: for the glory of God did

lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof”

(Revelation 21:23).

The sun and moon will still be functioning in the heavens,

however, for “he hath also them for ever and ever”

(Psalm 148:6).

In fact,all the stars will also shine

for ever and ever” (Daniel 12:3). Our God is the Creator,

not an un-creator. As wise Solomon noted: “I know that,

whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever”

(Ecclesiastes 3:14).

The sun and moon will still be there, but their light will

not be needed in the Holy City where we shall live, for the

Lamb of God will also be the Lamp of God. He is the Light

of the world and where He is, in His eternal glory, there can

be no night. HMM

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