Isa 60:1-3, Mat 27:51, Luk 2:32, Act 17:30, 2Cor 3:13-18, Eph 3:5-6, 4:18 | ESV | STEP | Arise , shine , for your light has come , and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

Isaiah 60:1-3

The Future Glory of Israel

1 ^aArise, shine, for your light has come,
and ^bthe glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
2 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,
and thick darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will arise upon you,
and his glory will be seen upon you.
3 ^cAnd nations shall come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your rising.

Matthew 27:51

51 And behold, ^dthe curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And ^ethe earth shook, and the rocks were split.

Luke 2:32

32 ^fa light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and ^gfor glory to ^hyour people Israel.”

Acts 17:30

30 ⁱThe times of ignorance ^jGod overlooked, but ^know he ^lcommands all people everywhere to repent,

2 Corinthians 3:13-18

13 not like Moses, ^mwho would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end. 14 But ⁿtheir minds were ^ohardened. For to this day, ^pwhen they read ^qthe old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away. 15 Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. 16 But when ^rone ^{▼▼Greek he} turns to the Lord, ^tthe veil is removed. 17 Now the Lord ^{▼▼Or this Lord} is the Spirit, and where ^vthe Spirit of the Lord is, there is ^wfreedom. 18 And we all, with unveiled face, ^xbeholding ^ythe glory of the Lord, ^{▼▼Or reflecting the glory of the Lord} ^aaare being transformed into the same image ^abfrom one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

Ephesians 3:5-6

5 which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. 6 This mystery is ^{▼▼The words This mystery is are inferred from verse 4} that the Gentiles are ^adfellow heirs, ^aemembers of the same body, and ^afpartakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

Ephesians 4:18

18 They ^agare darkened in their understanding, ^ahalienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to ^aitheir hardness of heart.