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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the twelve gates were twelve pearls,.... Denoting the purity and preciousness of Christ, by whom the saints enter, and of the saints who enter in thereat, as well as of the place into which they enter. Every several gate was of one pearl; the pearl of great price, the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the only gate, door, and way into this happy...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. John had already said that “the city was pure gold like unto clear glass;” and now he says that “the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.” We do not always get such a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the twelve gates were twelve pearls. Whoever heard of such pearls? In what ocean but in the depth of God could such pearls be found? The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Rev_21:21. Every several gate was one of pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. Streets are used for fellowship. There men meet each...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And I saw no temple therein,.... No material temple, as was in the old Jerusalem, or such as is described in Ezekiel's vision; nor any place of public worship, as under the Gospel dispensation; for in this state there will be no such external form of worship as now, such as preaching the word and administering ordinances. The Jews expect a third...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. Yes, and the glorified Church herself, because of this light, sheds such a bright light on all within her that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I saw no temple therein. For it was all one temple.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. Let us be going that way soon, brothers. Ah! my brothers, may we all meet there. What must it be to be there!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. It has a temple, that better state, that land of the Well-beloved, but not a material temple that John could see, yet he knew that it had a temple “ for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.” Where they are is the holy place where all the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon to shine in it,.... Which may be understood either literally of these two luminaries, which all earthly cities need; and which, though they may be in being in the new heavens, yet will not have the use with respect to this city they now have. The Jews say (u), the orb of the sun is in this...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. Outward means are abolished when their mission is accomplished.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. We have need of both the sun and the moon while we are in this world if it were not for the great central luminary, the solar system would cease to be, and this earth and the moon and all their sister...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the nations of them which are saved,.... In distinction from them that will be deceived by Satan, Revelation 20:8. These are not all the nations of the world, which will be gathered before Christ, the Judge, for all will not be saved, there is a world that will be condemned; nor the Gentiles only, which shall come into the church state of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. Shut gates signify war; open gates mean peace. There shall be no more fear of war, no Gog and Magog to gather together to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. The Church shall be the metropolis of the world; it shall be honoured and esteemed among the nations of mankind. When men are godly, then will they reverence the abode of God, namely, the living Church, built...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations unto it. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. This is the Church of the latter days; the beginning of the heavenly state, a true type of what the eternal glory of the saints will be. The Church will no longer, like her Lord, be despised and rejected of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day,.... Which does not design the free communication between the living saints on the new earth, and the raised ones in the new heaven, as some have thought, for these shall be together, and make up one body; but rather the universal collection, and free admission of all the saints from all parts...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. There will be no need to shut out enemies at night, for the day shall last right on. The Church’s most intimate intercourse with God, her constant commerce with the skies, will have begun then.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. Well did Dr. Doddridge sing,- “No rude alarms of raging foes No cares to break the long repose No midnight shade, no clouded sun But saved, high, eternal noon.” The saints will then be able to bear that eternal noontide for the sun shall not smite them by day;...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. The glory of the nations are the people of God, who, though they are reckoned the filth of the world, are the excellent in the earth; these will be brought into this city, and be presented to the King of it, in a glorious manner, and that by the kings of the earth; either such who...