Dayspring

“Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.” (Luke 1:78–79)

Names of God 

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Dayspring.

Dayspring

The term dayspring is only found in two places in the Bible and is used primarily in the King James Version. The word dayspring in Zacharias’s prophecy, at the birth of his son, John. Zacharias says that “the dayspring from on high hath visited us” (Luke 1:78, KJV). Dayspring is a metaphor for the promised Messiah, Jesus, who would soon arrive. 

Therefore

The word “dayspring” means the morning light, the aurora, the rising of the sun, and refers to Jesus the Messiah, the dayspring “from on high”—the light of the gospel that shines forth from heaven and, through His mercy, shines upon people.

“For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.’” (2 Cor. 4:6)