Christ's Brilliance in Depravity's Blackness

The final greeting from the Lord Jesus Christ in the Bible calls attention to His beauty and radiance. As the morning star, He is the harbinger of the dawn, and in this context, He is the guarantor that the Day of Judgment will come, and that Christ Himself will appear to put an end to the darkness of depravity that now envelops the world. Here is a text that is designed to encourage the Lord's people at a time of great wickedness in the world.