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TitleLight: A Masterful Symbol
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsRust, Richard Dilworth
JournalJournal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture
Volume20
Issue1
Pagination52-65
KeywordsCreation; Jaredite; Jesus Christ; Light; Power; Righteousness; Salvation; Symbolism; Truth; Wisdom
Abstract

From God’s first creative act recorded in Genesis to the brightness with which the Savior will return in the second coming, light is ever present in scripture. Many instances in the scriptures record God’s use of light to further his purposes—the stones that provided the Jaredites light while crossing the ocean, the light by which the children of Israel were led in the wilderness, and the light that announced the Savior’s birth. None of these physical manifestations of light is without powerful symbolic meaning. At other points in scripture, light is used purely as a symbol—a symbol of truth, wisdom, power, and righteousness. More important than these, though, is that light can ultimately represent Jesus Christ himself, by whose light all can be saved.

URLhttps://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jbms/vol20/iss1/4