Isa 30:26

[Anders G]

[Isa 30:26 KJV] 26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

I have a hard time to reconcile this verse with [Joe 2:31 KJV] 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

Is it different events, and if so, when will the sun shine sevenfold?

/Anders

[Timothy]

Anders,

As you know, our default hermeneutic is to take literally whatever can be taken literally. However, when literal interpretation necessarily leads to an absurdity or impossibility, no doubt we are dealing with a metaphor, allegory, or hyperbole.

I don’t think Isa. 30:26 can be taken literally, since the earth would be completely scorched, and everyone would be blinded. The context itself refers to the restoration of Israel in the Kingdom. “Light” is a metaphor for the revelation knowledge of God in the NT (ex. Jn. 8:12). Compare this to Isa. 11:9, “for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.” See also Isa. 60:1-3.

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