Benighted Travelers: Humanity's Darkness Before Christ
Zacharias, the last of the prophets steeped in Isaiah's words, paints humanity's condition with unflinching precision. He depicts "them that sit in darkness and the...
This is historical examples on darkness and light and universal redemption, drawing on Luke 1:78-79.
Zacharias, the last of the prophets steeped in Isaiah's words, paints humanity's condition with unflinching precision. He depicts "them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death"—not wanderers moving frantically, but travelers benighted, huddled together, afraid to move. The darkness is so complete that fear paralyzes: pitfalls, precipices, wild beasts, enemies lurk unseen. Men sigh for day yet remain compelled to inactivity, trapped in torpor.…
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