🌟 Old Testament Verses on Jesus as Light
1. Genesis 1:3–4 (NKJV)
Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
🕊 Revelation: This first spoken word of God—“Let there be light”—is not just about physical light. It foreshadows the coming of Jesus, who is "the Light of the world" (John 8:12). Light comes before the sun, moon, or stars are created, indicating a divine, eternal Light—Jesus Christ.
2. Psalm 27:1 (NKJV)
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
🕊 Revelation: David prophetically sees God as his “light and salvation,” language that Jesus later fulfills literally: “I am the light of the world.” (John 8:12)
3. Psalm 119:105 (NKJV)
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
🕊 Revelation: Jesus is the Word made flesh (John 1:14). The Psalmist prophetically reveals the nature of God’s Word—guiding, revealing, and protecting—all of which are fulfilled in Jesus.
4. Psalm 36:9 (NKJV)
For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
🕊 Revelation: Jesus is both the source of life and true light (John 1:4). In His light, we gain clarity, purpose, and understanding.
5. Isaiah 9:2 (NKJV)
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light;
Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,
Upon them a light has shined.
🕊 Revelation: This verse is directly quoted in Matthew 4:15–16, speaking of Jesus beginning His ministry in Galilee. Jesus is the fulfillment of this prophecy, the “great light” shining into spiritual darkness.
6. Isaiah 42:6–7 (NKJV)
“I, the Lord, have called You in righteousness,
And will hold Your hand;
I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people,
As a light to the Gentiles,
To open blind eyes,
To bring out prisoners from the prison,
Those who sit in darkness from the prison house.”
🕊 Revelation: A clear Messianic prophecy, where the “You” refers to the Servant of the Lord—the Messiah. Jesus declares Himself as the Light of the Gentiles, opening blind eyes spiritually and physically.
7. Isaiah 49:6 (NKJV)
“Indeed He says,
‘It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob,
And to restore the preserved ones of Israel;
I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles,
That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
🕊 Revelation: God's redemptive plan was never just for Israel. This prophetic word announces that the Messiah—Jesus—would be a universal light, bringing salvation globally.
8. Malachi 4:2 (NKJV)
But to you who fear My name
The Sun of Righteousness shall arise
With healing in His wings;
And you shall go out
And grow fat like stall-fed calves.
🕊 Revelation: “The Sun of Righteousness” is a prophetic title for Jesus, rising to bring healing and righteousness. His light is restorative, not just revealing.
9. Exodus 13:21–22 (NKJV)
And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light...
🕊 Revelation: The pillar of fire guiding Israel through the wilderness is a type and shadow of Christ, the Light that leads us through darkness.
10. Zechariah 14:6–7 (NKJV)
It shall come to pass in that day
That there will be no light;
The lights will diminish.
It shall be one day
Which is known to the Lord—
Neither day nor night.
But at evening time it shall happen
That it will be light.
🕊 Revelation: A prophetic mystery pointing to the coming of the Kingdom of God, when Jesus reigns, and light is no longer from natural sources but from God Himself—as fulfilled in Revelation 21:23.
🌞 Isaiah 30:26 (NKJV)
"Moreover the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun,
And the light of the sun will be sevenfold,
As the light of seven days,
In the day that the Lord binds up the bruise of His people
And heals the stroke of their wound."
🔥 Meaning and Messianic Revelation:
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This verse speaks of a future day of restoration, when the Lord will heal His people and reign gloriously.
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The light of the sun becoming sevenfold (7 times brighter) is a metaphor for the glory of Christ—a brightness beyond natural sunlight.
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Sevenfold symbolizes perfection, fullness, and divine completion in Scripture.
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The light here represents Jesus, who is infinitely more glorious than the sun.
🌟 Compare with:
Revelation 21:23 (NKJV)
"The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light."
This directly connects Isaiah’s prophecy to the eternal light of Jesus in the New Jerusalem—He is brighter than the sun, and His glory is everlasting light.
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