Dawn (2)

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The time marked by the rising of the sun. It signals the end of night and relief from its attendant concerns, and the approach of daylight with the opportunity for renewed daily activity. The light of dawn following darkness is a symbol of hope and vindication, fulfilled especially in the coming of the Messiah through whom God’s new age dawns.

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Dawn as the end of the night

It ends the darkness of the night

Amos 5:8 ESV
He who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns deep darkness into the morning and darkens the day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the surface of the earth, the Lord is his name;
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It signals the end of nightly activity

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Waiting for the dawn to bring relief

Psalm 130:6 ESV
my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.
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Dawn as the beginning of a new day

It provides the earliest opportunity of the day

First light provides the earliest opportunity for action and implies urgency.
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Important activity begins at dawn

Nehemiah 4:21 ESV
So we labored at the work, and half of them held the spears from the break of dawn until the stars came out.
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Dawn as a symbol of blessings to come

The Messiah brings a new dawn

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A symbol of hope and vindication

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A symbol of God’s coming in glory

Habakkuk 3:3–4 ESV
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His splendor covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. His brightness was like the light; rays flashed from his hand; and there he veiled his power.
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A symbol of renewal

Psalm 110:3 ESV
Your people will offer themselves freely on the day of your power, in holy garments; from the womb of the morning, the dew of your youth will be yours.

Dawn as a symbol of God’s revelation

1 John 2:8 ESV
At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
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Dawn as a time of reckoning

Darkness at dawn as a picture of judgment

Isaiah 13:10–11 ESV
For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not give their light; the sun will be dark at its rising, and the moon will not shed its light. I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I will put an end to the pomp of the arrogant, and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless.
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The light of dawn exposes the wicked

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