Today’s Daily Lesson comes from Revelation chapter 2 verses 26 through 28:
26To everyone who conquers and continues to do my works to the end,
I will give authority over the nations;
27 to rule them with an iron rod,
as when clay pots are shattered—
28even as I also received authority from my Father. To the one who conquers I will also give the morning star.
The morning star most commonly refers to the planet Venus when it appears in the east just before the rising of the sun. Those who see its light know that the first morning rays of dawn shall soon break the dark hold of night upon the earth.
So too, today’s Lesson reminds us that one who “conquers” — who keeps the faith, who holds on, who does not surrender to fear or dismay, who continues to hope all things and endure all things — this one shall see the coming of the morning star.
The morning star is not daybreak. It is not dawn. It is not the end of night altogether. There is still darkness. But there is also light; and there is the promise of more light to follow. It is the promise of very light of very light that is to come.
Let the morning star come. And if it tarries wait on it. And if you see it, if you can catch just feint glimmer of it in this dark and crooked age then rejoice; I say again, rejoice! For your light is coming. And those who have waited in deep darkness shall soon see a great dawn.
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