22. No temple therein No place of sacrifice and ritual, for the very God himself was present. Yet the whole was a temple, and for that very reason needed no temple therein. Are the temple of it The divine Presence makes its temple. read more
23. The lighting of a city it is very important to know. And no city was ever lighted like this city. It is lighted by the very Light of all lights. No candle (Revelation 22:5) needed to relieve its darkness; no gas, no calcium, no electricity, no luminiferous ether dispersed its night; no sun, no moon, created its day. The very glory of God did lighten it, being in itself one perpetual day. read more
24. Of… saved Though doubtless giving a true meaning, these words appear to be a spurious reading, inserted by some copyist as an explanatory note. Shall walk in the light of it So powerful is the light of the present divine Essence, so transparent the vehicle in which it is contained, that the radiant day is flung over the vast surface of the heavenly earth. The nations of all the redeemed, in their resurrection glory, however numerous and however distant, walk in the noonday light... read more
25. The twelve pearl gates or doors, each three approachable from the four points of compass, shall never be shut. The twice twelve tribal nations shall ever find it day, and ever find open gates. The gates of gospel grace are ever open here on earth, the gates of the New Jerusalem shall ever be open to the dwellers of the heavenly earth. For Reason for mentioning day only, there shall be no night. The divine glory never remits, never dims. No revolving of the orb renders the... read more
26. The glory and honour Not only of the kings but also of the nations, the collective peoples, shall pour into God’s royal capital. read more
27. But open as are these gates, there is a terrible yet salutary exclusion. As this city is glorious in structure, and most gloriously lighted, so its society is pure. Any thing that defileth No filthy object shall disgust the sense, or spread miasms through the pure atmosphere. Whatsoever Rather, no person, as the change to the masculine implies, that worked abomination or flagitious vice. The elegant debauchee is not admitted into good society. No author of any baseness of any... read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 21:21
21. Twelve pearls The material of each gate was a solid pearl. This gave variety to the aspect. The street Πλατεια , would include any regular spacing, as street, public square, or city park. You trod on transparent gold in walking its pavement; and you beheld structures of the same transparent gold as you looked around you. read more