“You are a Chosen Generation, a Royal Priesthood, an Holy Nation, a Peculiar People; that you should show forth the praises of Him who called you out of Darkness into His Marvellous Light” (I Peter 2:9).

Marvellous (Def.) (Gr.): Thaumastos from Thaumazo: To be wondered at, wonderful, to admire, a marvel

When mysteries are revealed, when riddles are understood, when the unsolvable is solved, we marvel at the revelation, the solution discovered, the words understood when our eyes are opened to a new reality. Indeed, it is marvelous, especially when it was given by His Marvellous Light.

Jesus said to the Chief Priests and Elders of the People:

“Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The Stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the Head of the Corner, this is the Lord’s doing and it is marvellous in our eyes'”? (Matthew 21:42).

This is, indeed, a thing in which to marvel; the Lord’s doing. Oh, that our eyes were only open to it, so we can see things clearly in His Marvellous Light.

In the vision of John, when the saints assemble a marvellous happening occurs in heaven as they:

“Sing the Song of Moses, the servant of God, and the Song of the Lamb, saying ‘Great and marvellous are Thy works, Lord God, Almighty; just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of Saints. Who shall not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy Name? You only are holy; for all nations shall come and worship before You, for Your Judgments are made manifest'” (Revelation 15:3-4).

The Apostle experienced His Marvellous Light to which he bore witness before the people in Jerusalem:

“It came to pass that, as I made my journey and was come near to Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a Great Light round about me. I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me'”? (Acts 22:6-7).

Paul’s encounter with His Marvellous Light was the turning point of his life. It turned a persecutor into an Apostle, an enemy of God to a friend. One encounter with this Light and you will be changed forever. Your eyes will be opened, though for a time you may be blinded by the Light, for the brightness thereof (cf. Acts 22:11).

The Prophet knew of this Light and wrote:

“The people that walked in darkness have seen a great Light; they that dwell in the Land of the Shadow of Death, upon them has the Light shined” (Isaiah 9:2; Matthew 4:16).

His Marvellous Light has shone into our hearts by faith and has changed us forever.

“For God who commanded the Light to shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the Glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (II Corinthians 4:6).

The Marvellous Light of the Lamb is the Light of the City of God, the New Jerusalem, the Church, the Ecclesia, as revealed to the Apostle John by vision and revelation thereof:

“The City had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it for the Glory of God does give it Light, and the Lamb is the Light thereof. All the Nations of them who are saved shall walk in the Light of it, and the Kings of the Earth do bring their glory and honor into it. The Gates of the City shall not be shut at all by day, for there shall be no night there” (Revelation 21:23-25).

The Marvellous Light of the Gospel is shining. Come to the Light and be saved. Turn from the darkness and let the Light shine upon you. See all that is to be revealed: the hidden wisdom of God (II Corinthians 2:7); the Mystery hidden from ages past (Colossians 1:16); the Riddles (Ezekiel 17:2); come to the Light and see, let the:

“eyes of your understanding be enlightened, that you may know. . .” (Ephesians 1:18a).

It is all there to be wondered upon, to be admired; indeed, it is a marvel in His Marvellous Light.

“In Him was Life, and the Life is the Light of men” (John 1:4).

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