I was on that journey and nearly at Damascus when about midday a bright light from heaven suddenly shone around me. I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?' I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' and he said to me, 'I am Jesus the Nazarene and you are persecuting me.Light symbolizes the holy God. Light signifies God's presence and favor in contrast to God's judgment Throughout the Old Testament light is regularly associated with God and his word, with salvation, with goodness, with truth, with life.
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