“The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.”
The promise that the sun will no longer be needed for light or the moon for brightness because YHWH will be Zion's everlasting light represents ultimate illumination by divine presence. The negation of created light-sources and replacement by YHWH's glory suggests transcendence of natural order in eschatological restoration. The identification of YHWH as both light and glory indicates that divine presence suffuses the eschatological community. This verse articulates mystical vision: the restored city experiences unmediated divine presence, rendering creation's light secondary.
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