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Het volk, dat in duisternis zat, heeft een groot licht gezien; en dengenen, die zaten in het land en de schaduwe des doods, denzelven is een licht opgegaan.
Mattheüs 4:16
Doctrine of the Sacred Scripture # 111
111. Since without the Word no concept of the Lord is possible, thus no salvation, therefore when the Word in the Jewish nation was completely falsified and adulterated, and so made virtually non-existent, it pleased the Lord to descend from heaven, come into the world and fulfill the Word, and by doing so repair and restore it, so as to give light again to the inhabitants of the earth. In the Lord’s words:
The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death, light has arisen. (Matthew 4:16, cf. Isaiah 9:2)
