Feast: The Radiance of God's Glory
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Martin G. Collins
Given 07-Oct-25; 55 minutes
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Sadly, the so-called Age of Enlightenment replaced divine revelation with carnal human reason, replacing God's true light with Satan's counterfeit "illumination," foisting evolution and humanism on mankind. Scripture reveals that only God gives light which leads to life, summoning people out of darkness into His marvelous light ( I Peter 2:9) . From creation onward, light symbolizes God's truth, holiness, and presence, while darkness represents sin, deception, and spiritual blindness. When Almighty God places His Holy Spirit within a person, it enlightens the mind, fostering understanding, creativity, and moral discernment ( Job 32:8) The descendants of Abraham and Jacob have enjoyed physical, intellectual, and spiritual "light" reflecting God's promise to make them a blessing to the world. Tragically , modern Israel has turned from Almighty God, losing that spiritual illumination, replaced by moral and spiritual darkness. The speaker identifies three realms of light : 1) Natural Light - a gift essential to life, joy and growth, whose absence brings disease and despair, although its presence fosters light and clarity Nature testifies to light's divine origin and sustaining power. 2) Artificial light consists of mankind's imitation of God's creation, often inadequate and harmful, parallels false spiritual enlightenment, deceiving the world with "false light" glamorizing sin and concealing death ( Job 24:13-17) , and 3) Spiritual Light, consisting of enlightenment from God's Word and Spirit, from Scripture, law, and instruction illuminating the human heart. "God is light , and in Him is no darkness at all ( I John 1:5-7) Jesus Christ embodies divine illumination - the true light prophesied in Isaiah 9:2. His death momentarily allowed darkness to cover the land, but His resurrection re-ignited the light of eternal life. God's called-out