John 1:8

Then your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; then your righteousness shall go before you, and Yahweh’s glory will be your rear guard.

You will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you. Light will shine on your ways.

Moreover the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, in the day that Yahweh binds up the fracture of his people, and heals the wound they were struck with.

Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?

“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.

because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the dawn from on high will visit us,

He declared, and didn’t deny, but he declared, “I am not the Christ.”

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.’

For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

‘Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal to them abundance of peace and truth.

He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”

In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.

But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.

He said, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

You yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before him.’

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

Paul said, “John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Jesus.”

In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.

Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and who honored his name.

I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.

in the middle of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”

Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,

Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.

If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea,

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.

Turn to the law and to the covenant! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

Your sun will not go down any more, nor will your moon withdraw itself; for Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning will end.

“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!” says Yahweh of Armies.

Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.

This is John’s testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to loosen.”

I didn’t know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel.”

All the prophets testify about him, that through his name everyone who believes in him will receive remission of sins.”

For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.’ ”

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

and I will give him the morning star.

The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints, and those who fear your name, to the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.

He said, “Don’t lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”

The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.

May Yahweh repay your work, and a full reward be given to you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”

Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead. You know that your servant feared Yahweh. Now the creditor has come to take for himself my two children to be slaves.”

Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.

For with you is the spring of life. In your light we will see light.

God will bless us. All the ends of the earth shall fear him.

Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.

He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death.

Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”

Who among you fears Yahweh and obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness and has no light, let him trust in Yahweh’s name, and rely on his God.

Heal me, O Yahweh, and I will be healed. Save me, and I will be saved; for you are my praise.

For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds,” says Yahweh; “because they have called you an outcast, saying, ‘It is Zion, whom no man seeks after.’ ”

By the river on its bank, on this side and on that side, will grow every tree for food, whose leaf won’t wither, neither will its fruit fail. It will produce new fruit every month, because its waters issue out of the sanctuary. Its fruit will be for food, and its leaf for healing.”

“Come! Let’s return to Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.

Let’s acknowledge Yahweh. Let’s press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”

But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.

For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make the way of the Lord ready! Make his paths straight!”

the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!

His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel.”

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

John testified about him. He cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.’ ”

They asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”

I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.’

Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.

We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers,

But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ,

We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you toward one another abounds,

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts:

Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away and the true light already shines.

He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.