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Verse Revelation 21:18. _THE BUILDING OF THE WALL OF IT WAS_ OF
_JASPER_] The oriental jasper is exceedingly hard, and almost
indestructible. Pillars made of this stone have lasted some thousands
of y...
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AND THE BUILDING OF THE WALL OF IT - The material of which the wall
was composed. This means the wall above the foundation, for that was
composed of twelve rows of precious stones, Revelation 21:14,
R...
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CHAPTER 21
Revelation 21:1 .
And now the eternal state comes into view. “And I saw a new heaven
and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed
away and the sea is no more.” Thi...
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REVELATION 21:1 TO REVELATION 22:5. THE VISION OF THE NEW JERUSALEM.
The doctrine of the new heaven and the new earth goes back to Isaiah
65:17, and is derived from the belief that the present world w...
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(_c)_ THE CHARACTER OF THE CITY.
Revelation 21:19 f. This list of stones should be compared with the
stones of the high priest's breastplate (Exodus 28:17 ff. Exodus 39:10
ff.) and the description of...
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9 There came to me one of the seven angels who have the seven bowls
full of the seven last plagues, and he spoke with me. "Come, he said,
"and I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb." And he...
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THE NEW CREATION (Revelation 21:1)
_ 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven
and the first earth had gone; and the sea was no more._
John has seen the doom of the wicked, a...
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BUILDING. fabric, or material. Greek. _endomesis._ Only here. pure,
clear. Same word....
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The building foundations and street, Revelation 21:18-21
18. _And the building_ The word is a half-technical one, as it were
"the superstructure," as distinct from the foundations.
_jasper_ See on R...
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THE BUILDING, FOUNDATIONS AND STREET...
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ΚΑῚ Ἡ. So Lach[838] Tisch[839] W. H[840] and Weiss with אcAP;
א* has ἦν for ἡ; Text. Rec[841] reads καὶ ἦν ἡ with B2,
vg[842] and Primas[843]
[838] Lachmann’s larger edition.
[839] Tischendorf: eigh...
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_NOTHING THAT DEFILES WILL ENTER INTO IT REVELATION 21:18-27:_ God
takes the most precious things that we are familiar with and made the
city of these. Imagine the worth of this wonderful place. It wi...
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ΈΝΔΏΜΗΣΙΣ (G1739) строение, здание (Ford;
Mounce).
ΚΑΘΑΡΌΣ (G2513) чистый,
ΎΑΛΟΣ (G5194) стекло....
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THERE CAME UNTO ME ONE OF THE SEVEN ANGELS, &C.— A more particular
description is now given of the new Jerusalem. _One of the seven
angels_ (and most probably the same who had, ch. Revelation 17:1, &c...
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Strauss-' Comments
The Vision of the New Jerusalem
Chapter Revelation 21:9-27
_Revelation 21:9_
The heavenly messenger who bore the seven bowls of anger appeared
again. John was invited to see the b...
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_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_
CHAPTER XXI
BEHOLD, I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW
_Text (Revelation 21:1-27)_
INTRODUCTION
1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the
first earth are pass...
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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 GLA...
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Second Temple Section-The Holy City
6 This is written from the standpoint of the time when John wrote, at
Patmos, hence all is put in the future tense. _ This is vital to a
true understanding of...
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THE HOLY CITY
The enemies of the Lamb have been conquered. The Judgment is over. The
old condition of things has passed away: cp. Revelation 20:11. Now St.
John sees in a vision the blissful glory of...
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FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME
REVELATION
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 21
THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH - REVELATION 21:1-22
THE NEW *CREATION - REVELATION 21:1-8...
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THE BUILDING OR MATERIAL OF THE CITY.
(18) AND THE BUILDING OF THE WALL... — Or, _And the building-work_
(or, _the masonry,_ so Alford) _of the wall of it was jasper, and the
city was pure gold, like...
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CHAPTER XVII.
THE NEW JERUSALEM. REV.
Revelation 21:1; Revelation 22:1.
THE first part of the final triumph of the Lamb has been accomplished,
but the second has still to be unfolded. We are introdu...
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The materials of the city. ἐνδώμησις, so an undated but
pre-Christian inscription, τ. ἐνδώμησιν τοῦ
τεμένους (Dittenberger's _Sylloge inscript_. _Graec._ 583),
where the orthography is pronounced “nov...
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“THE HOLY CITY”
Revelation 21:9
The “new Jerusalem” is the redeemed Church united with her Lord in
the act of governing the whole world. A city is obviously the seat of
imperial rule. In that blessed...
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The endless end of evil has passed before the vision of the seer, and
he now observes the resultant order. The holy city appears. Toward a
city of God men had looked through long generations. Now it i...
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The wall was made of jasper, or diamonds, and the city was of a gold
so pure one could see through it....
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(15) And the building of the wall of it was [of] jasper: and the city
[was] pure gold, like unto clear glass.
(15) The matter most precious and glittering, which the presence of
God makes most glorio...
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(12) 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: (13) On the eas...
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It is necessary that we should all bear in mind, if we have not
observed it before, that Revelation 17:1-18 does not pursue the
chronological course of the prophecy. It is a description, and not one
o...
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The Real New World Order
I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell--you see, I have
friends in both places. --Mark Twain
I would rather go to heaven alone than go to hell in company --R.A....
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But there was a new heaven and a new earth; but no more sea no
separation, nor part of the world not brought into an ordered earth
before God. Here we do not find any mediatorial kingdom. The Lamb is...
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AND THE BUILDING OF THE WALL OF IT WAS OF JASPER,.... Which is
expressive of the impregnableness, duration, brightness, and glory of
salvation by Christ, the jasper being a very hard, durable, and bri...
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And the building of the wall of it was _of_ jasper: and the city _was_
pure gold, like unto clear glass.
Ver. 18. _Was of jasper_] A stone of great worth and glory, the
beauty whereof, saith one, it...
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_And he measured the wall thereof_ That is, Lowman thinks, the
_height_ of the wall; _one hundred and forty-four cubits_ The square
of twelve: about seventy-two yards high, according to the lesser
cub...
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AND THE BUILDING OF THE WALL OF IT WAS OF JASPER; AND THE CITY WAS
PURE GOLD, LIKE UNTO CLEAR GLASS....
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The measurements and the ornaments of the city:...
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THE NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH
Revelation 20:11 has indicated that at the time of the Great White
Throne the earth and the heaven flee away. Now John sees a new heaven
and a new earth, and the earth had...
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_ 18 The construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure
gold, like clear glass._
A. The wall is of jasper (perhaps diamond) and the city is pure gold.
B. The gold is so pure that it i...
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9-21 God has various employments for his holy angels. Sometimes they
sound the trumpet of Divine Providence, and warn a careless world;
sometimes they discover things of a heavenly nature of the heir...
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Revelation 21:18 G2532 construction G1739 its G846 wall G5038 was
G2258 (G5713) jasper G2393 and G2532 city
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‘And the building of its wall was jasper, and the city was pure gold
like pure glass.'
The jasper is presumably similar to the jasper of Revelation 21:11,
clear as crystal which, with the glass-like n...
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Revelation 21:18. The measuring has been completed. We have next the
materials of which the city was composed. Those of the wall are first
mentioned. AND THE BUILDING OF THE WALL OF IT WAS JASPER. We...
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THE BUILDING OF THE WALL
(η ενδωμησις του τειχους). Or ενδομησις,
elsewhere so far only in Josephus (_Ant_. XV. 9. 6, a mole or
breakwater) and in an inscription (_Syll_. 583 31), apparently from
ε...
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Revelation 21:10
We feel instinctively the beauty and the grandeur of this passage
descriptive of the Church of Christ when she shall have passed through
the successive stages of her earthly warfare a...
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Revelation 21:1. _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._
Astronomers tell us that, within living memory, severa...
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Revelation 21:9. 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'...
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Here we shall see a picture of what the Church of God is to be in the
latter days; but inasmuch as this vision came out of heaven, it gives
us an idea of what is in heaven already. Crowded as it is wi...
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Contents: The seven new things of the Kingdom age earth, peoples,
Jerusalem, temple, light, Paradise (Chap. 22).
CONCLUSION: It will be the perfect happiness of the saints, when
Christ re-turns to rei...
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Revelation 21:1. _I saw a new heaven and a new earth._ This was a
welcome sight, for this old earth is wearing out. Subterranean fires
are burning and wasting it beneath our feet, fires everfeeding on...
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COME, AND I WILL SHOW YOU THE BRIDE. Under the symbolism of
[spiritual] Jerusalem, _the New Jerusalem,_ the wife of the Lamb [the
church of Christ] is described. This Holy City is the Church
Triumphan...
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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 21:18 PURE GOLD may be literal gold
that shows the bride’s priceless value and purity, or it may simply
be symbolic....
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Verse nine to the end of the chapter inclusive is occupied with a new
vision of this holy city New Jerusalem. An angel said: "Come hither, I
will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife." And he showed h...
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THE NEW JERUSALEM
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
“NOW is sealed the eternal doom of the dragon, beast, false prophet,
and all their followers; yea, and of all who resemble them in the
temper of the...
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EXPOSITION
REVELATION 21:1
AND I SAW. The usual introduction to a new vision (cf. Revelation
20:11, etc.). Having described the origin and progress of evil in the
world, the final overthrow of Satan...
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_17 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._
_ 18 AND THE BUILDING OF THE WALL OF IT WAS OF JASPER: AND THE...
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I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first
earth were passed away (Revelation 21:1);
Now, we are beyond the thousand years. The first heaven is passed
away. Peter tells us...
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Revelation 21:11; Revelation 21:19; Revelation 21:21...
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The building [ε ν δ ο μ η σ ι ς]. Only here in the New
Testament. From ejn in and dwmaw to build. Lit., that which is built
in. Hence the building of the wall is the material built into the
wall; of w...
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THE MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB
Revelation 19:1; _Revelation 21:1 and Revelation 22:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. Old Testament analogies of the coming Marriage in the skies. It is
not diffi
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And the building of the wall was jasper — That is, the wall was
built of jasper. And the city — The houses, was of pure gold....
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Some will have all this to signify and represent the purest state of
the church here upon earth; but if there shall be any state on this
side eternity which answereth this glorious representation, how...