I have seen a GREAT LIGHT

I have been stuck on Isaiah 9. Matthew refers to it as well in 4:16 as prophetic evidence of Jesus as the Christ.

The fact is, the church is in darkness. The world is in darkness. Christians who name the name of Jesus are still living in darkness.

There is a GREAT LIGHT.

Look up and see. He's coming. In fact He's already here:

Isaiah 9

A New Day Is Coming

1 But suddenly there will be no more gloom for the land that suffered. In the past God made the lands of Zebulun and Naphtali hang their heads in shame, but in the future those lands will be made great. They will stretch from the road along the Mediterranean Sea to the land beyond the Jordan River and north to Galilee, the land of people who are not Israelites.
2 Before those people lived in darkness,
but now they have seen a great light.
They lived in a dark land,
but a light has shined on them.
3 God, you have caused the nation to grow
and made the people happy.
And they have shown their happiness to you,
like the joy during harvest time,
like the joy of people
taking what they have won in war.
4 Like the time you defeated Midian,
you have taken away their heavy load
and the heavy pole from their backs
and the rod the enemy used to punish them.
5 Every boot that marched in battle
and every uniform stained with blood
has been thrown into the fire.