Armor of light

Esther's Petition

The Armor of Light is another type of armor we are instructed to “put on”:

“The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.” (Rom 13:12 KJV)

The apostle Paul is talking about daylight and darkness here, but not ordinary days or ordinary darkness. He means the day of the Lord’s return is coming soon; because of that we should discard our old life’s works of evil and prepare for our new daytime assignments. Good religious instruction.

But is that all he means?

I thought about Jesus and his inner circle at the Mount of Transfiguration. “After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them.” (Mark 9:2)

“There he was transfigured…

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Are These the Days of Elijah?

Esther's Petition

“These are the Days of Elijah, declaring the Word of the Lord,” goes the first line of a contemporary Christian song. The song is encouraging and challenging. And thought-provoking — especially thought provoking.

That song ran around in my mind as I read several verses from the Epistle of James recently. James 5:17-18 (KJV) says, “Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.”

James was using Elijah as an example after exhorting us to pray effectual, fervent prayers that avail much. In the Wuest New Testament version, James 5:16(b) reads “A prayer of a righteous person is able to do much as it operates.” Hmmm. Do…

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