Quotes about Illumination

The enemy. As long as we never expose what he is doing, he will work in the darkness.

Thus, we need the Bible as the guide to enable us to transform and purify our hermeneutical principles. The circle from the Bible to systematic theology to hermeneutics to the Bible is not a vicious circle, but a spiral of growth and progress, guided by the work of the Holy Spirit in illumination.

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.

No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.

“Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’”

You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.

He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.

He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.

when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,

From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.

He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.