1
00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:03,520
Speaker 1: Life Audio.

2
00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:14,240
Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to your Nightly Scripture, a Calming

3
00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:18,480
Speaker 2: Scripture Center devotional podcast designed to help you end each

4
00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:22,360
Speaker 2: day with God's word in your mind and on your heart.

5
00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,400
Speaker 2: Right after this short word from our sponsors, we will

6
00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:41,879
Speaker 2: reflect on tonight scripture Isaiah chapter sixty. Our evening reflection

7
00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:46,839
Speaker 2: is written by Chelsea Dimiteus and read by Kyle Mormon.

8
00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:56,040
Speaker 2: Isaiah chapter sixty. Arise, shine, for your light has come,

9
00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:00,960
Speaker 2: and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See

10
00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:05,960
Speaker 2: darkness covers the earth, and thick darknesses over the peoples.

11
00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:10,319
Speaker 2: But the Lord arises upon you, and this glory appears

12
00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:14,960
Speaker 2: over you. Nations will come to your light and kings

13
00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,800
Speaker 2: to the brightness of your dawn. Lift up your eyes

14
00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:24,280
Speaker 2: and look about you. All assemble and come after you. Your

15
00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:27,559
Speaker 2: sons come from Afar, and your daughters are carried up.

16
00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:28,320
Speaker 1: On the hep.

17
00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:32,720
Speaker 2: Then you will look and be radiant. Your heart will

18
00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:36,880
Speaker 2: throb and swell with joy. The wealth of the seas

19
00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:40,080
Speaker 2: will be brought to you to you. The riches of

20
00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:45,440
Speaker 2: the nations will come. Herds of camels will cover your land,

21
00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:50,920
Speaker 2: young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Siba

22
00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:55,400
Speaker 2: will come bearing gold and incense, and proclaiming the praise

23
00:01:55,440 --> 00:02:00,600
Speaker 2: of the Lord. All Kadar's flocks will be to you.

24
00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:06,480
Speaker 2: The rams of Nebaioth will serve you. They will be

25
00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:10,880
Speaker 2: accepted as offerings on the altar, and I will adorn

26
00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:15,960
Speaker 2: my glorious temple. Who were these that fly along the

27
00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:20,400
Speaker 2: clouds like doves to their nests? Surely the islands look

28
00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:24,040
Speaker 2: to me, and the lead are the ships of Tarshish,

29
00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:28,079
Speaker 2: bringing your children from Afar with their silver and their gold,

30
00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,440
Speaker 2: to the honor of the Lord, your God, the Holy

31
00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:35,000
Speaker 2: One of Israel. For he has endowed you with splendor.

32
00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:40,680
Speaker 2: Foreigners will rebuild your walls. Their kings will serve you.

33
00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,679
Speaker 2: Though in anger I struck you, in favor, I will

34
00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:51,080
Speaker 2: show you compassion. Your gates will always stand open. They

35
00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,200
Speaker 2: will never be shut a day or night, so that

36
00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:57,320
Speaker 2: people may bring you the wealth of the nations. Their

37
00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:02,600
Speaker 2: kings lead in triumphal person session. For the nation or

38
00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:06,240
Speaker 2: kingdom that will not serve you will perish. It will

39
00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:10,280
Speaker 2: be utterly ruined. The glory of Lebanon will come to you,

40
00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:14,799
Speaker 2: the juniper, the fur and the cypress together to adorn

41
00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:18,880
Speaker 2: my sanctuary. And I will glorify the place for my feet.

42
00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:23,640
Speaker 2: The children of your impressors will come bowing before you,

43
00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:27,440
Speaker 2: and all who despise you will bow down at your

44
00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:31,560
Speaker 2: feet and will call you the city of the Lord Zion,

45
00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:36,080
Speaker 2: of the Holy One of Israel. Although you had been

46
00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:40,560
Speaker 2: forsaken and hated, with no one traveling through, I will

47
00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:45,080
Speaker 2: make you the everlasting pride and the joy of all generations.

48
00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:48,840
Speaker 2: You will drink the milk of nations and be nursed

49
00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:53,720
Speaker 2: at royal breasts. Then you will know that I the Lord,

50
00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:57,960
Speaker 2: am your Savior, your redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

51
00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,960
Speaker 2: Instead of brawn, I will bring you gold and silver

52
00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:06,680
Speaker 2: in place of iron, instead of wood, I will bring

53
00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:10,880
Speaker 2: you bronze and iron in place of stones. I will

54
00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:16,240
Speaker 2: make peace your governor, and well being your ruler. No

55
00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:20,000
Speaker 2: longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin

56
00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:24,680
Speaker 2: or destruction within your borders. But you will call your

57
00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:31,040
Speaker 2: walls salvation and your gates praise. The sun will no

58
00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:34,520
Speaker 2: more be your light by day, nor will the brightness

59
00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,839
Speaker 2: of the moon shine on you. For the Lord will

60
00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:42,320
Speaker 2: be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.

61
00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:46,599
Speaker 2: Your sun will never set again, and your moon will

62
00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:50,520
Speaker 2: wane no more the Lord will be your everlasting light,

63
00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:54,479
Speaker 2: and your days of sorrow will end. Then all your

64
00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:58,760
Speaker 2: people will be righteous, and they will possess the land forever.

65
00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,000
Speaker 2: They are the shoot. I have planted the work of

66
00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:07,799
Speaker 2: my hands for the display of my splendor. The least

67
00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:12,440
Speaker 2: of you will become a thousand, the smallest, a mighty nation.

68
00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:17,479
Speaker 2: I am the Lord, and it's time I will do

69
00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:25,320
Speaker 2: this swiftly. Do you know that you are living within

70
00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:30,400
Speaker 2: the divine nature of God? I hope you do. You

71
00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,760
Speaker 2: are living within the light and finished work of our

72
00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:38,120
Speaker 2: glorious savior, Jesus. From generation to generation in the Bible,

73
00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,080
Speaker 2: we read about the light of the Lord and the

74
00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,680
Speaker 2: light of Christ being around and within the hearts of

75
00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:48,839
Speaker 2: those who love Him, a gift we receive, and a

76
00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:53,600
Speaker 2: gift we are called to freely share with others. We

77
00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:57,280
Speaker 2: see this light when the Israelites were held in captivity

78
00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:02,800
Speaker 2: in Egypt. God gave a literal light to only the

79
00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:07,520
Speaker 2: people of God for three days, which foreshadow what Christ

80
00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:11,960
Speaker 2: would endure on the cross. During that time, God kept

81
00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,599
Speaker 2: everyone else in complete darkness while he provided light to

82
00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:20,440
Speaker 2: his people. We see the same concept carried out through

83
00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:24,040
Speaker 2: the life of Jesus from his coming to the moment

84
00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:28,320
Speaker 2: of his ascension, Jesus was the light. Jesus carried the

85
00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:33,120
Speaker 2: light and then imparted the light to his people. As

86
00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,880
Speaker 2: we read Isaiah sixty, we are given the most remarkable

87
00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:40,359
Speaker 2: picture of what is to come in the power of

88
00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:44,880
Speaker 2: the light found within our creator. The light isn't just bright,

89
00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:49,360
Speaker 2: it's life altering light. It cuts through the darkness of

90
00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:52,599
Speaker 2: the enemy and sets those consumed by things of this

91
00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:58,320
Speaker 2: world completely free. The light of Jesus is powerful, and

92
00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:03,200
Speaker 2: you've been given the comprehensible gift of carrying that light

93
00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:08,839
Speaker 2: into the world. Be the light shine bright in the

94
00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:12,680
Speaker 2: places you go, and share the faith the light of

95
00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:21,080
Speaker 2: hope that sets you free. Father, thank you for imparting

96
00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:24,680
Speaker 2: your life altering light. What a gift it is to

97
00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:28,320
Speaker 2: be an image bearer of yours. I pray that my

98
00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:31,760
Speaker 2: life is marked by your attributes. May I be filled

99
00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:36,200
Speaker 2: with an abundance of humility and grace, compassion and joy.

100
00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:40,040
Speaker 2: In moments when it feels difficult to choose your ways,

101
00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:46,000
Speaker 2: remind me of all I have because of you, salvation

102
00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:51,760
Speaker 2: and freedom, peace and new life. Pour your light out

103
00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:56,560
Speaker 2: over my community and over me. Give me opportunities to

104
00:07:56,640 --> 00:08:02,440
Speaker 2: share the work that you have done. This name ah Met.

105
00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:08,400
Speaker 2: How did Tonight's scripture speak to you? Share your thoughts

106
00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:11,520
Speaker 2: in the Your Nightly Scripture forum discussion.

107
00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:25,240
Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to Your Nightly Scripture. Tonight's scripture

108
00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:29,960
Speaker 1: was read from the New International Version by Biblica. All

109
00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:36,720
Speaker 1: rights reserved. If Tonight's episode blessed you, be sure to

110
00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:41,600
Speaker 1: follow the show on Apple Podcasts so your next Nightly

111
00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:47,400
Speaker 1: Scripture is ready when you are. Your Nightly Scripture is

112
00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:52,960
Speaker 1: a production of Life Audio and Salem Media. Thank you

113
00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:57,120
Speaker 1: and we'll see you tomorrow night.

114
00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:03,760
Speaker 2: A long