For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness’, has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God’s glory in the face of Jesus Christ.
to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.”
No longer will one teach his neighbour or his brother, saying, “Know the Lord,” for they will all know me, from the least to the greatest of them’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration. ‘For I will forgive their iniquity and never again remember their sin.
The moonlight will be as bright as the sunlight, and the sunlight will be seven times brighter #– #like the light of seven days #– #on the day that the Lord bandages his people’s injuries and heals the wounds he inflicted.
I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on paths they have not known. I will turn darkness to light in front of them and rough places into level ground. This is what I will do for them, and I will not abandon them.