Prophet Isaiah<\/strong> spoke of a people who walked in deep darkness. They had walked there for so long<\/strong>. The Assyrian boot pressed the northern tribes unto dust. The glory<\/em> of Solomon lay in ruins. The temple stood in Jerusalem, yet the visible presence of God was withdrawn from the holy place. Silence filled where praise once abounded.<\/p>\n Prophets spoke words of judgment because the people would not turn. Kings led rebellion instead of righteousness. People who once sang joyful hymns in the courts of the Lord now sat down and sang songs of lamentation by the rivers of Babylon<\/strong>. “How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?” The shadow of death covered everywhere. Then,<\/p>\n “The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.”<\/strong> (Isaiah 9:2 KJV)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n God gave the promise. They saw<\/strong> the light.<\/p>\n “Great”<\/strong> in Hebrew means gadowl<\/em>. Immense. Mighty. Exceeding. Something far beyond a candle in the wind. Overwhelming. A light that possesses power sufficient to withstand any darkness. Chains breaker. Healing for the broken heart. His transforming light<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Scribes<\/strong> of Israel knew God. Knowledge existed of the God who called Abraham out of Ur of the Chaldees, away from idolatry and into covenant. They knew the God who brought Israel out of Egypt, parting the Red Sea to make a way where there seems to be no way. The scribes<\/em> knew the One who sent manna in the wilderness and water out of the rock.<\/p>\n In the beginning, the earth was without form and void, and darkness covered the face of the deep. Then God said: “Let there be light.”<\/strong> And Light came forth instantly!<\/p>\n The psalmist declares that the heavens declare the glory of God<\/strong>. Where His light shines, His glory is revealed. And the glory of the Lord God filled the tabernacle. The glory revealed through Christ Jesus.<\/p>\n The glory that lives in the life of men today.<\/strong> The glory of God, the same yesterday and today. The glory of the Father shining in<\/em> the break of day.<\/p>\n The light of His glory shining in marriages, in finances, in health, in businesses, in projects, in deployments. The glory, the scepter of dominion<\/strong>. Darkness may try to subdue, yet the Glory rises, and darkness flee<\/strong>.<\/p>\n There is Glory at the break of day as the mercies of the Lord are new every morning and in every new month<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Seasons of lamentation turned into dancing like David danced<\/strong>.<\/p>\n He who sits in heaven shall laugh. He holds the mornings in His hand. The mornings of fulfilment. The Lord God calms the storm. He controls the sea. 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