The apostle Peter says we should give heed to prophecy as unto a light shining in a dark place. Without the lamp of prophecy the future would be total darkness. The purpose of light is to dispel darkness—when traveling in a dark place, to show the pathway, and to show the pathway clearly, that the traveler may be enabled, step by step, to see and choose the way. “Thy word,” the psalmist says, “is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” 31Psalm 119:105 The wise man says, “The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.” 32Proverbs 4:18 Thus it is seen, as we pass down the stream of time, that the word of God, especially in its prophetic fulfillments, will open more and yet more, making it clearer and still clearer to the Bible student that he is surely in the pathway leading to everlasting light and eternal day. GSAM 31.1