Daily Lesson for December 6, 2016

Today's Daily Lesson comes from Psalm 36 verse 9:

9 For with you is the fountain of life;
In your light do we see light.

In times past, the faithful spoke of Christ as "the very Light of very Light". It is in and through the light of Christ that darkness is dispelled and true light is seen. In Christ true light "which is the light of all people" (John 1:4) comes and casts out all darkness. By Christ's light we see and judge all other light.

The moonlight we see is reflected light. It is the sun's light; it is not light itself. The moon is a mirror -- and not necessarily a very God one. Whatever light we see in the moon is only partial and reflected and pales in comparison to the sun's light itself. When the sun rises high and bright, the light of the moon wanes. The true and primary light swallows all secondary light.

So too with the coming of Christ. In Christ's Light all other light is revealed for what it is -- only partial light. When Christ comes a new light is given. The Very Light of Very Light is revealed.

The Very Light reveals that God so loved the world, swallowing the dim light of racial and national preference.

The Very Light reveals that Christ came to set men free, swallowing the dim light of one man owning another.

The Very Light reveals that both man and woman were made in God's image, swallowing the light of sex and gender preference.

In His light all other light wanes.  For in His light we see the Light.