And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. The remaining two chapters describe the eternal and consummated kingdom of God on the new earth. As the world of nations is pervaded by divine influence in the millennium,... [ Continue Reading ]
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. AND I JOHN. "John" is omitted in 'Aleph (') A B, Vulgate, Syriac, Coptic, Andreas; also "I" is not emphatic. The insertion of "I John" would interfere with the close conn... [ Continue Reading ]
And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. OUT OF HEAVEN. So B, Coptic, Andreas; but 'Aleph (') A, Vulgate, 'out of the throne.' THE T... [ Continue Reading ]
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. ALL TEARS - `every tear.' NO MORE DEATH - `death shall be no more:' not the millennium, for in this ther... [ Continue Reading ]
And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. SAT - `sitteth.' ALL THINGS NEW - not recent, but changed from the old [ kaina (G2537), not nea]. An earnest of this regeneration of nature is given already i... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. IT IS DONE - come to pass. The same Greek as Revelation 16:17. So Vulgate; but A, 'they (these words, Revelation 21:5) are come to p... [ Continue Reading ]
He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. HE THAT OVERCOMETH. Another aspect of the believer's life: conflict with sin, Satan, and the world. Thirsting for salvation is the beginning of faith, and continues forever (as a relish for divine joys) c... [ Continue Reading ]
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. THE FEARFUL, [ deilois (G1169)] - 'the cowardly,' who do not quit... [ Continue Reading ]
And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. The angel who showed John Babylon, the harlot, appropriately shows him, in contrast, new Jerusalem, the Br... [ Continue Reading ]
And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, The words correspond to , to heighten the contrast of the Bride and the harlot. MOUNTAIN - (CF. .) THAT GREAT. Omitted in 'Aleph (') A B, Vulg... [ Continue Reading ]
Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; HAVING THE GLORY OF GOD - not merely the Shechinah, but God Himself, as her glory, dwelling in the midst of her. Compare the type, earthly Jerusalem in the millennium (Zecharia... [ Continue Reading ]
And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: AND. 'Aleph (') A B omit. , similarly, which implies that the millennial Jerusalem shall have its antitype in the he... [ Continue Reading ]
On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. ON THE NORTH ... ON THE SOUTH. 'Aleph (') A B, Vulgate, Syriac, Coptic, read, 'and on the north and on the south.' In , Joseph, Benjamin, Dan (for which Manasseh is substituted in ), are on... [ Continue Reading ]
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. TWELVE FOUNDATIONS. Joshua, the type of Jesus, chose twelve of the people to carry stones over Jordan, as Jesus chose twelve apostles to be foundations of the heavenly city, Himself being t... [ Continue Reading ]
And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. HAD A GOLDEN REED. So Coptic; but 'Aleph (') A B, Vulgate, Syriac, read, 'had (as) a measure a golden reed.' In , the non-measuring of the outer courts of the temple implied its being g... [ Continue Reading ]
And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. TWELVE THOUSAND FURLONGS - `to 12,000 stadia:' 1,000 furlongs being the space between the several... [ Continue Reading ]
And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. HUNDRED AND FORTY AND FOUR CUBITS - twelve times twelve: the Church-number squared. The wall is far beneath the height of the city. MEASURE OF A MAN, THAT IS, OF TH... [ Continue Reading ]
And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. THE BUILDING - `the structure' (Tregelles) [ endoomeesis (G1746a)]. GOLD, LIKE UNTO CLEAR GLASS - ideal gold, transparent as no gold is (Alford). Excellencies will be combined, now incompatible... [ Continue Reading ]
And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; AND. So Syriac, Coptic, Andreas; but A B, Vulgate, omit. Compare ; also . ALL MANNER OF PRECIOU... [ Continue Reading ]
The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. SARDONYX - having the redness of cornelian, and the whiteness of onyx. SARDIUS - (note, .) CHRYSOLITE - descr... [ Continue Reading ]
And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. EVERY SEVERAL - `each one severally.'... [ Continue Reading ]
And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. NO TEMPLE ... GOD ... THE TEMPLE. As God now dwells in the spiritual Church, His "temple" [ naos (G3485), shrine] (1 Corinthians 3:17; 1 Corinthians 6:19), so the Church perfected shall dwell in Him as her ... [ Continue Reading ]
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. IN IT. So, Vulgate; but 'Aleph (') A B, Andreas, '(shine) on it,' or, 'for her.' THE LIGHT - `the lamp' (Isaiah 60:19). The direct light of God and... [ Continue Reading ]
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. OF THEM ... SAVED ... IN. 'Aleph (') A B, Vulgate, Coptic, Andreas, '(the nations shall walk) by means of [ dia (G1223) footos (G5457) autees (G846)] her lig... [ Continue Reading ]
And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. NOT BE SHUT ... BY DAY - therefore never; for it shall always be day. Gates are usually shut by night; but in it shall be no night. There shall be continual free ingress; so that all which is blessed may be b... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. All that was truly glorious in the earth and its converted nations is gathered into it. While all are one, there are various orders among the redeemed, analogous to the nations on earth constituting one great human family, and to t... [ Continue Reading ]
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. ANYTHING THAT DEFILETH, [koinoun]. 'Aleph (') A B read [ koinon (G2839)], 'anything unclean.' IN THE LAMB'S BOOK OF L... [ Continue Reading ]