I'd love your opinion of new cover concepts

The original covers of my first two novels were not working- for what I think (after a great deal of fantastic coaching from @Thomas Umstattd Jr.) were two reasons:

1. They were too dark, whereas the stories are about a group of heroes overcoming darkness- that message of hope was not in the graphics.

2. The symbol appeared to be occult. Great for an occult book. Not for a Christian book. Those looking for occult books bounced when they saw it was Christian- and Christians never clicked in the first place.

So it’s back to the drawing board, and I’ve now settled on the final concept for the re-covers.

Can I get your professional opinion- here was the OLD original cover:

Here are the new covers:

Book 1-

Book 2-

I appreciate your thoughts!