During Week 9 of our journey through il Nuovo Testamento, we looked at Marco 13:24 which talks about not just
the light of the moon but its splendore, splendor.
(See: The Moon and its Light/La Luna e il suo Splendore)
I love it when the Word, la Parola uses grand words like these to describe God and the things of God.
Sometimes I think that in our demand for everything to be simple, quick and
easy, we unknowingly strip away the full meaning of things which make God's
word so… well splendido, splendid. Don't get me wrong, simple and
easy definitely has its place. But if we are ever going to grasp the greatness
of God in this life (as much
as possible anyway), then sometimes we're going to need some
adjectives that at least try to capture how awesome our God and His Kingdom really are.
So here in Luca 11, we see la Bibbia once again
teaching us about the wonders of God's light, la luce.
Luca 11:34
tells us that the lamp of the body is they eye, so that if your eye is
good, your whole body will therefore be full of light. And Luca 11:36 adds that when you are filled with light on the inside, it's
like a bright shining lamp or candle that when lit gives off its light to the
space it's in. But again as in Marco 13:24, the
Italian version of Luca 11:36 uses the phrase il suo
splendore. God's light within us is no ordinary light but one that is full of
splendor.
