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176 chap. xlii. 6,8. chap. xlviii. 11. shall break forth as the morning, the glory of Jehovah shall gather thee up, chap. lviii. 8. The whole earth shall be filled with the, Isaiah vi. 1, 2, 3. chap. lxvi. 18. In the beginning was the word, in him was life, and the life was the, this was the true light, and the word was made flesh, and we beheld , John i. 1, 4, 9, 14. The heavens declare, Psalm xix. 2. shall lighten the holy Jerusalem, and the lamb is the light thereof, and the nations which are saved shall walk in the, Rev. xxi. 23, 24; not to mention several other passages to the same purpose. The reason why glory signifieth divine truth in its fulness is, because all that is magnificent in heaven is from the light which proceedeth from the Lord, and the light proceeding from him as the sun of heaven is in its essence divine truth.

See Nos. 781, 782, 783, 784, 785, 779, and 780.