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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...
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...
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;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie; but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life. Into this holy city, the graceless, the Christless, the faithless shall never come. Here, we have a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life. That holy city would itself be defiled if anything that defileth could enter into it. Only they who are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. Infinite sovereignty bestows grace; the river of grace flows from the throne of God. It is the King who saves his people; yet the atonement is ever connected with the sovereignty: “He shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. Here again we have God and the Lamb uniting in giving that “water of life” which flows down to us by God’s grace through the atoning sacrifice of Jesus, the Lamb of God.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the lamb. There is no other “water of life” except that which springs from a Sovereign God and a substitutionary sacrifice: “a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.” This sets...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. Rivers partake of the character of the source from which they come that which proceeds “out of the throne of God and of the Lamb “may well be “a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal.” What but good and perfect gifts can...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. God will enrich his Church by giving her a great variety of good things: “twelve manner of fruits.” There shall also be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. The fruit of this “tree of life “ is for all those who have partaken of the water of life; and the tree provides...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruit, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. When Adam ate of the forbidden fruit, he was cast out of Eden, lest he should also eat of the tree of life; but our new...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In the midst of the street of it,- For heaven is a place of sacred intercourse and hallowed communion: “in the midst of the street of it,”- Rev_22:2. And on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, Every variety of joy and blessedness, Rev_22:2. And yielded her fruit every month: For the felicities...