What is this coming from the desert like a column of smoke, fragrant with incense and myrrh, the incense sold by the traders?

Who is this coming from the desert, arm in arm with her lover? Under the apple tree I woke you, in the place where you were born.

"Who is this coming from the city of Bozrah in Edom? Who is this so splendidly dressed in red, marching along in power and strength?" It is the LORD, powerful to save, coming to announce his victory.

The Spirit took control of me, and the angel carried me to the top of a very high mountain. He showed me Jerusalem, the Holy City, coming down out of heaven from God

and shining with the glory of God. The city shone like a precious stone, like a jasper, clear as crystal.

is like the sun shining on a cloudless dawn, the sun that makes the grass sparkle after rain."

Your life will be brighter than sunshine at noon, and life's darkest hours will shine like the dawn.

The road the righteous travel is like the sunrise, getting brighter and brighter until daylight has come.

"Then my favor will shine on you like the morning sun, and your wounds will be quickly healed. I will always be with you to save you; my presence will protect you on every side.

That is why I have sent my prophets to you with my message of judgment and destruction. What I want from you is plain and clear:

"I, Jesus, have sent my angel to announce these things to you in the churches. I am descended from the family of David; I am the bright morning star."

I have never worshiped the sun in its brightness or the moon in all its beauty.

in order to present the church to himself in all its beauty---pure and faultless, without spot or wrinkle or any other imperfection.

But then they will be terrified, for God is with those who obey him.

But for you who obey me, my saving power will rise on you like the sun and bring healing like the sun's rays. You will be as free and happy as calves let out of a stall.

Then God's people will shine like the sun in their Father's Kingdom. Listen, then, if you have ears!

As they looked on, a change came over Jesus: his face was shining like the sun, and his clothes were dazzling white.

Then I saw another mighty angel coming down out of heaven. He was wrapped in a cloud and had a rainbow around his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like columns of fire.

Then a great and mysterious sight appeared in the sky. There was a woman, whose dress was the sun and who had the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.

The city has no need of the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God shines on it, and the Lamb is its lamp.

There shall be no more night, and they will not need lamps or sunlight, because the Lord God will be their light, and they will rule as kings forever and ever.

My love, you are as beautiful as Jerusalem, as lovely as the city of Tirzah, as breathtaking as these great cities.

No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us!