Why were “great lights” an appropriate sign of the birth of the Messiah into the world?

Thomas R. Valletta

“All things testify of Christ. At his birth the heavens resounded forth in magnificent splendor with all manner of signs and wonders. Here Samuel foretells a day without night following it, and a new star, along with the other signs and wonders, all of which would attest to the birth of the Prince of Light. How appropriate and typical—with the coming of the Light of Life into the world there would be no darkness!” (McConkie and Millet, Doctrinal Commentary, 3:408).

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