“Who is this who looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awesome as an army with banners?”
You are beautiful as Tirzah, my love, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.
if I have looked at the sun when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor,
And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire.
so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.
And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light.
Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
What is that coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the fragrant powders of a merchant?
he dawns on them like the morning light, like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning, like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth.
“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.
And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.
Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth, and my judgment goes forth as the light.
Who is this who comes from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah, he who is splendid in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? “It is I, speaking in righteousness, mighty to save.”
Who is that coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother was in labor with you; there she who bore you was in labor.
But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
There they are in great terror, for God is with the generation of the righteous.
And your life will be brighter than the noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
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