The creation «let it be and it was so» is the regeneration of life,
salvation out of darkness and the redemption of the eternal soul.
Not exact matches
«On everlasting arms under, the LORD carried Israel
out» — through «THREE DAYS THICK
DARKNESS»
OF HIS
SALVATION.
Scores
of passages come to our minds: «Joy unspeakable and full
of glory»; «Blessed be the Lord God
of Israel, for he hath visited and redeemed his people»; «Thanks be to God who giveth us the victory»; «Mine eyes have seen thy
salvation»; «We are more than conquerors»; «We rejoice in the hope
of the glory
of God»; «Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift»; «Thanks be to God who causeth us to triumph in Christ»; «God who commanded the light to shine
out of darkness hath shined in our hearts.»
But something about feeling the dampness
of the cave walls, smelling the musty air, visualizing the strain with which Joseph and Nicodemus would have heaved Jesus» lifeless body through a narrow entrance, and fathoming the
darkness that would have swallowed it up once the daylight was sealed
out of it startled me with the brutality
of the Incarnation and the grisly cost
of our
salvation.