Jesus is the Light

Jesus is the LIGHT!

In the midst of the Feast of Tabernacles, Jesus stands up and declares “I AM the Light of the world; he who follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”

This declaration compounds by the large menorahs shining bright in the city of Jerusalem throughout the Feast.

In this episode, Nathan discusses the Feast of Tabernacles, the Old Testament picture of God as light, and how Jesus fulfills the reality of being the Light of Life. But in the end, we are confronted with the truth that while we may think we have religious “light,” we are actually walking around blind because we haven’t fully embraced Jesus.

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Show Notes / Additional Resources

• Isaiah 60:1 – Arise, shine, for your light has come, And the glory of Yahweh has risen upon you.
• Isaiah 60:19 – No longer will you have the sun for light by day, Nor for brightness will the moon give you light; But you will have Yahweh for an everlasting light, And your God for your glory.
• Revelation 22:5 – And there will no longer be any night, and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them, and they will reign forever and ever.
• Psalm 27:1 – Yahweh is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strong defense of my life; Whom shall I dread?
• Daniel 2:22 – He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what is in the darkness, And the light dwells with Him.
• Micah 7:8 – Do not be glad over me, O my enemy. Though I fall I will rise; Though I inhabit the darkness, Yahweh is a light for me.
• Isaiah 9:2 – The people who walk in darkness Will see a great light; Those who live in the land of the shadow of death, The light will shine on them.
• John 1:4-5 – In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it.
• John 7:37-39 – Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.'” But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were going to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
• John 8:12 – Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”
• John 9:5 – While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

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