A Modern Example of a Night without Darkness

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A remarkable event recorded in the Book of Mormon was the night of Christ’s birth, at which time light remained even after sundown (see Helaman 14:3-4; 3 Nephi 1:8, 15). To some this seems impossible, totally unexplainable in scientific terms despite the fact that the Bible describes similar phenomena for the Israelite exodus from Egypt (see, for example, Exodus 14:19-20; Nehemiah 9:19; Psalm 78: 14) and for the millennial era (see Zechariah 14:6-7; Revelation 21:10-11; 22:5). Even the believer, while satisfied that the Lord can perform miracles beyond our comprehension, is fascinated by the night without darkness that heralded the Savior’s birth. So it is with great interest that we learn of a similar event that occurred in our own century.
John A. Tvednes
1998
Tvedtnes, John A. (1998) “A Modern Example of a Night without Darkness,” Insights: The Newsletter of the
Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 18: No. 5, Article 5.