God's Light came to Israel who was to share that Light with the nations. Abraham saw it in his vision of the smoking oven and the flaming torch, Moses saw it in the burning bush, Israel saw it in the pillar of cloud/fire, and the High Priest saw it in the Shekinah glory over the Ark of the Covenant. So when Lazarus says that Yeshua is the Light he is saying that He is the fulfillment of Israel's hopes, He is the fulfillment of the Messianic prophecies.

We know from the New Testament that Yeshua was working in the Tanakh. He was a spiritual rock, for example, that brought water to the children of Israel in the wilderness. We know that He was actually the One on the throne in Isaiah 6 of whom the angelic throne guardian said, "Holy, holy, holy." We know that He is the Savior of Isaiah 52 and 53, the One who would be our substitute. But there's still shadow around that until we come into the New Testament and the Light arriving illuminates Himself

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02/28/16 - Pastor David B. Curtis - Berean Bible Church - http://www.bereanbiblechurch.org - Message #798