首先我们有先知之话的照耀，然后这照耀成为我们里面发亮的白昼。我们外面生活在黑暗的世代，但我们里面满了光。我们可能一直享受晨星以及属灵的白昼发亮，直等到主作晨星向儆醒的人显现，并作公义的日头发亮的时候。
彼后一章十九节的天发亮指主回来的时候。在那日，主要作公义的日头照耀。非常接近主显现的时候可比作清晨，那时主耶稣对祂儆醒的信徒将是晨星。虽然这一切都是真实的，但彼得所说的还不只这些。事实上，在一章十九节彼得同时说到两件事。他说整个世界是暗处，这现今的世代是黑夜。我们若没有圣经的豫言，也会在黑暗里，因为我们没有灯。但先知的话是我们照耀在黑暗里的灯。我们留意这先知的话，就接受光的照耀。至终，这光会照耀，直到属灵的白昼在我们里面发亮，晨星在我们心里出现。所以，彼得首先说到属灵的白昼，在我们里面发亮的白昼。他也说到将来的日子，就是主回来的日子。
我们的经历证实，在一章十九节彼得的确是说到属灵的白昼和主来的日子。许多时候我们在黑暗里，来读圣经中的豫言。我们研读豫言时，灯就开始在我们里面照耀。自然而然我们就有感觉，我们不再在黑夜，乃在白昼，因为属灵的白昼在我们里面发亮了。我们不但有灯的照耀，也有天发亮。晨星在我们心里出现，是何等喜乐的事！虽然我们周围可能有黑暗，我们里面却有晨星。
一章十九节发亮的天也指将来的日子，那时主耶稣要作公义的日头回来。在祂看得见的来临之前，祂对为祂儆醒的人将是晨星。所以，彼得在一章十九节的话适用于我们属灵的情况和主的来临。
我们若留意圣经的豫言，就会经历在我们里面照耀的灯，享受在我们心里出现的晨星，并有属灵的白昼在我们里面发亮。我们也许留在这光景里，直到实际的时候来临，那时主耶稣要作晨星显现，并且天要发亮，有祂作公义的日头。
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Be Watchful and Prepared – Until the Day Dawns – 2 Pet. 1:19
First we have the shining of the prophetic word, and then this shining becomes a day dawning within us. Outwardly we live in an age of darkness, but inwardly we are full of light. We may continue to enjoy the morning star and the dawning of a spiritual day until the time the Lord appears as the morning star to the watchful ones and dawns as the Sun of righteousness.
2 Peter 1:19 refers to the time of the Lord’s coming back. On that day, the Lord will shine as the Sun of righteousness. The time that is very close to the Lord’s appearance may be likened to early morning, at which time the Lord Jesus will be the morning star to his watchful believers. Although all this is true, Peter is saying something even more. Actually, in 1:19 Peter covers two matters at the same time. He is saying that the entire world is a dark place and that this present age is a dark night. If we did not have the prophecies of the Bible, we also would be in darkness, for we would not have a lamp. But the prophetic word is our lamp shining in the darkness. As we give heed to this prophetic word, we receive the shining of the light. Eventually, this light will shine until a spiritual day dawns within us, and a morning star rises in our hearts. Therefore, Peter first is speaking of a spiritual day, a day that dawns within us. He also speaks of a future day, the day of the Lord’s coming back.
Our experience confirms the fact that in 1:19 Peter is speaking both of a spiritual day and the day of the Lord’s coming. Many times we were in darkness and came to the prophecies in the Bible. As we studied the prophecies, a lamp began to shine within us. Spontaneously we had the sense that no longer were we in the night but in the day, for a spiritual day had dawned within us. We have not only the shining of a lamp, but also the dawning of a day. How pleasant it is for the morning star to rise up in our hearts! Although there may be darkness all around us, within us there is a morning star.
The dawning day in 1:19 also refers to a future day when the Lord Jesus will come back as the Sun of righteousness. Before his visible arrival, he will be the morning star to those who watch for him. Therefore, Peter’s word in 1:19 applies both to our spiritual situation and to the Lord’s coming.
If we give heed to the prophecies of the Bible, we shall experience a lamp shining within us, enjoy the morning star rising in our hearts and have a spiritual day dawning within us. We may remain in this condition until the actual time comes when the Lord Jesus appears as the morning star and there is the dawning of day with him as the Sun of righteousness.