#593: Drawn to the Light
Nov. 29th, 2019 10:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lutheranhymnsThis song raises two rhetorical questions but only really answers the second. We have:"How can we tell a heaven from hell if everyone dwells in the dark of night?" And then "Where is the sun?" which is answered with "Oh, there will be none!" Which is a paraphrase from Revelation about how Jesus is the ultimate light so in heaven we won't need astronomical objects.
But that kind of begs the question of "okay, so then in hell would it just be very well-lit?" I don't really understand what's the point of the first question. Like, on Earth, we're all sinful and don't have direct access to Christ, so I don't think the answer is going to be "oh if you hang out with really sinful people you'll know," the point is nobody is perfect.
The rhyme scheme is inconsistent at best.
But that kind of begs the question of "okay, so then in hell would it just be very well-lit?" I don't really understand what's the point of the first question. Like, on Earth, we're all sinful and don't have direct access to Christ, so I don't think the answer is going to be "oh if you hang out with really sinful people you'll know," the point is nobody is perfect.
The rhyme scheme is inconsistent at best.
