says, “Jehovah shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory,” 60 : 19. And John says, “ God is light, and in him is no darkness at all” 1 John 1: 5.
Now it is recorded in the first chapter of the gospel of John, that the Word, which was in the beginning with God, and was God, became flesh, and dwelt among men; and it is there said that this Word, which became flesh, “was the True Light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world” 1: 9. Agreeably to this also, Jesus Christ, who was and is the incarnate Word, says, “I am the Light of the world : he that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” John 8: 12. And again : “I am come a Light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.” 12: 46. And concerning the New Jerusalem mentioned in the Revelation, it is said that “the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.” 21: 23.
Could it be said of any other than the Divine Being Himself, that He is the Light of the New Jerusalem—the Light of the church—the Light of the world—the Light that enlighteneth every man? If not, then is Jesus Christ Himself the Divine—the supreme and only God.
Nor is it to be regarded as a mere figure of speech when he calls Himself “the Light of the
