Revelation 22:6. And they need no candles, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light:
He puts aside the use of means. While we are here, we need candles and suns. It seems curious, does it not, to put candles and suns in the same sentence? "They need no candle, neither light of the sun." But, after all, compared with God, candles and suns are very much the same thing. Great lights and little lights are all limited, all less than nothing, in comparison with the boundless, infinite God, who is light, and the source of all light that exists in heaven above, or on the earth beneath.
6.And they shall reign for ever and ever.
It must be a wonderful city in which every inhabitant is a king; and not a dethroned king either, for "they shall reign." Every redeemed one in heaven has also an everlasting kingdom; "They shall reign for ever and ever." I hope our friends who are always cutting down the meaning of the word "everlasting" will be good enough at least to let us have an everlasting heaven; whether they do so, or not, we believe that the saints shall reign "for ever and ever."
Revelation 22:6. And they need no candles, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light:
He puts aside the use of means. While we are here, we need candles and suns. It seems curious, does it not, to put candles and suns in the same sentence? "They need no candle, neither light of the sun." But, after all, compared with God, candles and suns are very much the same thing. Great lights and little lights are all limited, all less than nothing, in comparison with the boundless, infinite God, who is light, and the source of all light that exists in heaven above, or on the earth beneath.
6.And they shall reign for ever and ever.
It must be a wonderful city in which every inhabitant is a king; and not a dethroned king either, for "they shall reign." Every redeemed one in heaven has also an everlasting kingdom; "They shall reign for ever and ever." I hope our friends who are always cutting down the meaning of the word "everlasting" will be good enough at least to let us have an everlasting heaven; whether they do so, or not, we believe that the saints shall reign "for ever and ever."