Thursday, January 6, 2022
My mother never talked about her twin sisters. They died in the cradle during the influenza
pandemic of 1918, around the time Mom was born.
As today, that was a dark time in this world’s history. Approximately 500 million people were
infected, and 1-in-10 died from its onslaught, taking about 1% of the world’s
population.
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And that describes Epiphany well.
The coming of our Lord to a murky world had nothing to do with a
biological darkness, but rather a spiritual darkness that enveloped 100% of the
population. The prophets
preached that, as well as the New
Testament apostles, that there are no exceptions; sin is a human virus, and
we are all infected.
And then, the light dawned. It
was the appearance of light in great darkness.
Just as the greatest dark must give way to the smallest light, so the
ravenous bitterness of total darkness must vanish in the presences of perfect
light. And that was Who was laid in the
manger-cradle…the bright and Morning Star,[1]
the one who would declare to the entire world:
“I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk
in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.” John 8:12b
For You Today
Scripture
and history both affirm that Jesus was (and is) the light of the world. The question for all of us is: Is He the light that has come into YOUR
world?
[1] Title and Other Images: Pixabay.com Unless noted, Scripture quoted from The New Living Translation©
For other posts on this text see Catch and The Fullness of Time
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