The Morning Star rises!

PSALM 110

• Masoretic Text (Hebrew)

v.3 “Your people will offer themselves willingly when you appoint your army, in holy attire, from the womb of the dawn, your youth will come to you like dew.”

- In this verse, the main subject is the people of the messianic king. The image is poetic, referring to youth and dew.

• Septuagint text (Greek)

v.3 "With you is sovereignty on the day of your power, in the midst of the splendor of your saints. I have begotten you from my womb, before the morning star Here, the verse becomes a word from God to the Messiah, who comes in the midst of the saints.

It speaks of the Lord's begetting by the Creator, “before the morning star.” The king of Psalm 110 not only receives a throne, he comes from God before the morning of the world.

The Lord is “from everlasting,” as the prophet Micah emphasizes.

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times” (Micah 5:1)

THE LIGHT BEFORE THE LIGHT

Genesis 1:1-3 "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.“ As the Spirit hovered over the waters, a powerful voice came from the heart of the universe: ”Yehi 'Or! - Let there be light!" This light is completely different from physical light; it precedes it.

John, who was so close to the Lord, describes the same reality as Psalm 110: “In the Word was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness...” (John 1:4-5)

Indeed, Light is not born of the world; it precedes the world and enters into darkness. Light was not created before creation; it existed before:

“Let there be light, let it appear!” “

God does not ”make" light out of nothing—He causes it to appear. The luminaries (sun, moon, stars) are created on day 4.

Light appears on day 1. So this light is not physical; it is a primordial, foundational light.

The Jewish Sages speak of the Or haGanouz: the hidden, inner light.

Let us realize that this Light is within us who are born from above, from the Spirit!

May this Light shine through, and may it be seen in our eyes. According to Genesis 1:3, light is not so much created as summoned—it is called into being by the Word of God (Memra or Logos) even before any physical light.

It is this Light that John evokes; it shines in the darkness, it pre-exists Creation. It is the bright Morning Star in the night!

THE DAY BEGINS AT NIGHT!

It is not for nothing that the Word reveals that the Day begins in the evening. In Genesis, it is written each time: “There was evening, and there was morning...” All the Feasts of the Lord, the Shabbat, begin the day before, like Passover:

" On the 14th day of the first month, at sunset, it shall be (Pessah l'Adonai) the Passover of the Lord. And on the 15th day of this month, it shall be the Feast of Unleavened Bread in honor of the Lord". (Leviticus 23:5)

THE MOON REFLECTS THE SUN

It is interesting to note that the light of the moon is that of the sun, reflected. The moon symbolizes Israel. Israel does not glorify itself; it receives light from

God and reflects it into the world—

“It is not because of your righteousness... but because of His covenant” (Deuteronomy 9:5).

The biblical calendar is lunar: new moons (the shofar is sounded on Rosh

'hodesh), festivals fixed by the moon, sanctification of time by Israel (Shabbat)

“He made the moon to mark the prophetic times” (Psalm 104)

In classical biblical symbolism: the Sun represents God, the Messiah being the source of light. The Moon represents Israel, the people who are the bearers of revelation. The moon does not replace the sun, it does not rival it, it reflects it. This is Israel's vocation, to be God's witness in the world.

THE MORNING STAR

The morning star does not illuminate the deep night. It appears when the night is ending and the day is already dawning. It heralds the sun. It is a light, close to the day, bearing promise, oriented toward the fulfillment of time. Let us be mindful of what Peter says.

“We consider the prophetic word to be all the more certain, and you do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts” (2 Peter 1:19).

The morning star is not yet full daylight; it means: “the day is coming.”

It says: “The sun is coming, turn your gaze to Him, prepare yourself for the coming of the Messiah.” In biblical dynamics, night is the time of exile, of waiting, of confusion. The morning star is revelation, imminent hope. The shining sun is the image of the reign, the fulfillment, the glory of the Messiah. The morning star is therefore the light of faith, of inner revelation.

“I, Jesus... I am the offspring and descendant of David, the bright morning star” (Revelation 22:16)

NIGHT PRECEDES DAY

In the history of the Church, we see that persecutions preceded revivals! For the Jewish people, Auschwitz preceded the creation of the State of Israel, which was declared three years later! ... Similarly, Jesus rose from the dead three days later ... And we must know that the Lord is with us in the “darkness.”

"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil, and my cup overflows.“ (Psalm 23)

THE NIGHT OF WEAKNESSES

It is also ”night": it represents my flaws, my weaknesses, my inability to persevere, my lack of self-esteem.

“I am unworthy, illegitimate, worthless, useless...”

The enemy is good at making us feel worthless! It is his tactic to make us lose confidence in ourselves, to throw us off balance, and to make us fall.

The Bible—our antidote—declares: “I am a wonderful creature, God loves me just as I am, He paid for everything on the Cross, He nailed my sin to the wood, He healed me, He is my Advocate when the enemy accuses me.”

"Bless the Lord, O my soul! All that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. He forgives all your iniquities, he heals all your diseases, he redeems your life from the pit, he crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies, he satisfies your youth with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's." (Psalm 103)

THE NIGHT OF SANCTIFICATION

It is also “night”: we are in a time of darkness that calls us to sanctification, according to what Jesus says:

“I sanctify myself for them, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.” (John 17:18-19)

Jesus is sinless! He has nothing to correct, nothing to improve morally; He is pure.

Yet Jesus “sanctifies” Himself for us! He enters into His royal priesthood for us! Without the voluntary consecration of the Son, we have no access to the Father. Sanctification is not moral in the narrow sense. It refers to a state of being set apart, consecrated to God, a real alignment with His presence. We will need this setting apart in the spiritual darkness we are experiencing, when falsehood replaces truth in our day, before we see the coming of the King of kings.

That day will be the day of resurrection for the world!

THE MORNING STAR IN A CONFUSED WORLD

The Morning Star does not shine in a peaceful sky, but in a world still plunged in darkness. It does not impose. It does not crush. It calls. It calls those who love Truth more than comfort, more than approval, more than compromise.

“Let the morning star rise in your hearts,” says Peter.

This means that truth first illuminates the interior before transforming the world.

“Night is not a sign of God's absence, but the place where the Morning Star rises in prepared hearts, before the Sun of righteousness appears for all.”