The Messiah Sunset

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Messiah is called the sunrise in Luke. His rising makes all things new. But you can't have a sunrise without a sunset. Sunrises are beautiful, but sunsets are equally beautiful and holy. When the light of the world goes down, it's sunset and the old day is finished. You can't go back to it, it's done. So Messiah came as the light of the world. He went down to the earth as the sunset to give you not only a new beginning, but to make an end of everything that's old. You can't have one without the other. He's the sunset. He gives you the power to say goodbye to the old life, the old world, the old sin and the old habits. Just as we rise in Messiah, we also have the power of the sunset, to die to the old life. So let the sun rise, but first let it set. Say goodbye to it, make an end of it, because you can only enter the new as much as you exit the old. Messiah can only be your sunrise if He's first your sunset.

From Message #456 - The Messiah's Sabbath