Friday, May 10, 2019

"Shine, Shine, O Jerusalem, for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee..."

Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!
The Holy Myrrhbearers beholding the empty Tomb of Christ at His Resurrection (source)
    
"Shine, Shine, O Jerusalem, for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is
risen upon thee. Behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and there shall be gross
darkness on the nations: but the Lord shall appear upon thee, and his glory shall be
seen upon thee. And kings shall walk in thy light, and nations in thy brightness. Lift
up thine eyes round about, and behold thy children gathered: all thy sons have come
from far, and thy daughters shall be borne on men's shoulders. Then shalt thou see,
and fear, and be amazed in thine heart; for the wealth of the sea shall come round to
thee, and of nations and peoples; and herds of camels shall come to thee, and the
camels of Midian and Ephah shall cover thee: all from Saba shall come bearing gold, and shall bring frankincense, and they shall publish the salvation of the Lord. And all
the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered, and the rams of Nebaioth shall come; and
acceptable sacrifices shall be offered on my altar, and my house of prayer shall be
glorified. Who are these that fly as clouds, and as doves with young ones to me? The
isles have waited for me, and the ships of Tarshish among the first, to bring thy
children from afar, and their silver and their gold with them, and that for the sake of
the holy name of the Lord, and because the Holy One of Israel is glorified. And
strangers shall build thy walls, and their kings shall wait upon thee: for by reason of
my wrath I smote thee, and by reason of mercy I loved thee. And thy gates shall be
opened continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; to bring in to thee the power
of the Gentiles, and their kings as captives. For the nations and the kings which will
not serve thee shall perish; and those nations shall be made utterly desolate. And the
glory of Lebanon shall come to thee, with the cypress, and pine, and cedar together,
to glorify my holy place. And the sons of them that afflicted thee, and of them that
provoked thee, shall come to thee in fear; and thou shalt be called Zion, the city of the
Holy One of Israel. Because thou hast become desolate and hated, and there was no
helper, therefore I will make thee a perpetual gladness, a joy of many generations.
And thou shalt suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt eat the wealth of kings: and
shalt know that I am the Lord that saves thee and delivers thee, the Holy One of
Israel."
-Isaiah 60:1-16,
read during the Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil on Great and Holy Saturday
(source)
  


Holy Prophet Isaiah (source)
  
Christ is risen from the dead, by death, trampling down upon death, and to those in the tombs, He has granted life!
Truly, the Lord is risen!

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