Illumination and the Day Star

[Mr. M]

Hebrews 10:

32 But recall the former days in which, after you were illuminated,

you endured a great struggle with sufferings: 

33 partly while you were made a spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations,

and partly while you became companions of those who were so treated.

If you have been born again from above, and become enlightened/illuminated

by the Day Star, then you have a testimony of the reproaches and great struggles

of your companions in the faith. The knowledge of this mystery is available to all

people of faith.

Ephesians 3:9 [NASB]  and to enlighten all people as to what the plan of the mystery is

which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things.

This Light comes to those who commit to an enduring fellowship of the saints,

which purifies the soul in Truth, to be born again by the Spirit unto a fervent love.

1 Peter 1:

22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in

sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, 

23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, 

through the word of God which lives and abides forever.

The incorruptible seed, the Day Star is the True Light of Christ

2 Peter 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; where unto you do well that ye take heed,

as unto a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arises in your hearts:

Only the fully enlightened have  eternal security over falling away.

Hebrews 6:

4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted 

the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 

5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 

6 if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again

for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.

The fellowship of the saints must endure the fellowship of Christ's sufferings.

Philippians 3:

10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings,

being made conformable unto his death;

11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

Fellowship in the fervent love of the brethren is to abide in the Light of Christ

1 John 2:

8 Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, 

because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

9 He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. 

10 He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. 

11 But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know

where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Children of Light

John 12:

35 Then Jesus said to them, “A little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light,

lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going. 

36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light.” 

These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and was hidden from them.

Ephesians 5:

8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light 

9 for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth, 

10 finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. 

Form an agreement in prayer with your fellowship, and abide, endure, and overcome.

Ephesians 1:15-23

15 Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 

16 do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: 

17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom

and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 

18 the eyes of your comprehension being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling,

what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints...