The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 60:19
Isaiah 60:19The sun shall be no more thy light by dayThe lower giving place to the higherThe prophet bids his people look forward to a time when even the sun and moon shall become needless to them; when in some new and more direct experience of God they shall need nothing to reflect His light to them, but drink immediately from Himself His strength and inspiration.That seems to be the meaning of the words; and so it points us to one feature which belongs to every progress, the power to do... read more
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 60:1-22
This chapter contains the full cup of consolation given to Zion, after all her woes and long afflictions in the dark ages of the church. But it is, as Matthew Henry judiciously observes, “the gospel church expressly called Zion and Jerusalem, and under that idea, all believers are expressly said to come to it. Hebrews 12:22. Ye are come to mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem; which text of St. Paul serves as a key to this prophecy.” This passage is likewise alluded to... read more