The Armour of Light: Ken Follett (The Kingsbridge Novels, 5)

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The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.

This book is part of the Kingsbridge series, a series that takes you on a journey through centuries of European history, all centered around the fictional town of Kingsbridge. We read about the upheaval caused by a new era in manufacturing, the struggle for human rights among the destitute and working classes, the need for improved working conditions, differences between the Anglican and Methodist religions, clashes between the Anglican and Methodist faiths, the ongoing war in Europe led by the powerful Napoleon.

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There were a few references to the earlier characters from the trilogy, but nothing that would prevent a Book 5 reader from understanding and appreciating the whole story. I like that. There were nods for those of us who knew the whole series, but new readers don't need to read 4 other books first to enjoy this one. But now is the time not to get drowned in introspection, but to keep awake, to look up and look out, to peer through the darkness and see the light coming. And then actively, positively to ‘put on the armour of light’, to ‘put on the Lord Jesus Christ’. This is the repentance of Advent.

I would like to close with an observation by Elder Glenn L. Pace of the First Quorum of the Seventy: But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If, therefore, the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness![3 Nephi 13:22–23] The night has passed and the day has arrived, therefore let us strip off the works of darkness from us, and let us put on the armor of light.You’ve written thirty-seven books, which have been sold in over eighty countries and translated into forty languages. Which has been your favourite to write and why? I testify that the things I have spoken of today are true. I pray that we might maintain the brightness of our armor, the armor of light, by consistently coming unto the light—even Jesus Christ—who is the light. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen. Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.