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Podcast: Open the Bible UK Daily
Episode: Jesus Is Like a Floodlight
Description: Jesus spoke to them, saying,“I am the light of the world.” JOHN 8:12
The Old Testament era can be described as moonlight. But then Jesus came into the world, and the three years of our Lord’s public ministry can be described differently.
Jesus was in the temple when He said, “I am the light of the world” (8:20). This took place either during or immediately after the Feast of Tabernacles. During the feast, four large lamps were lit in the temple courts. The whole area was bathed in light.
D. A. Carson writes, “Men… danced through the ni...