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Revelation 21:24
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 honor into it.
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 honor into it.
Verse 24. _THE NATIONS OF THEM WHICH ARE SAVED_] This is an illusion to the promise that the Gentiles should bring their riches, glory, and excellence, to the temple at Jerusalem, after it should be r...
AND THE NATIONS OF THEM WHICH ARE SAVED - All the nations that are saved; or all the saved considered as nations. This imagery is doubtless derived from that in Isaiah, particularly Isaiah 60:3. See t...
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...
(_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...
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...
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...
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...
OF... SAVED. The texts omit. LIGHT. App-130. IT. Greek."her", as above. So also verses: Rev 25:27. KINGS, &C. Notice the order in _that_ day. DO. Omit. AND HONOUR. The texts omit. INTO. App-104....
_of them which are saved_ Should be omitted. Notice that the new Jerusalem is not the only inhabited part of the new earth, but only its centre and capital, as the earthly Jerusalem was in chap. 20. I...
ΚΑῚ ΠΕΡΙΠ.… ΑΥ̓ΤΗ͂Σ. 1 reads καὶ τὰ ἔθνη τῶν σωζομένων (from And. comm[847]) τῷ φωτὶ αὐτῆς περιπατήσουσι τά ἔθνη διὰ τοῦ φωτὸς αὐτῆς. Text. Rec[848] inserts ἐν and omits the last six words. [847] com...
THE TEMPLE, THE LIGHT, THE RICHES, AND THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY...
_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...
ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΉΣΟΥΣΙΝ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΈΩ (G4043) ходить, ΈΘΝΟΣ (G1484) народ, ΦΈΡΟΥΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΦΈΡΩ (G5342) нести, приносить....
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...
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...
_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...
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,...
SECOND THRONE SECTION 24 The vision has ended. John now is back again in Patmos and tells what _ will be _ in the days of the vision. It is not that the common and abominable will be outside the city...
OF THEM WHICH ARE SAVED] RV omits....
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...
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...
AND THE NATIONS OF THEM WHICH ARE SAVED... — We must omit, with the best MSS., the words “of them which are saved,” and read, _And the nations shall walk by means of its light, and the kings of the ea...
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...
Further traits borrowed from Isaiah 60. (see reff.)....
“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...
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...
The saved of every nation, including kings who may have yielded to the King of kings, will walk the streets of that city in the radiance of the Son's glory. They will not seek glory and honor but brin...
_The kings of the earth shall bring their glory; the elect, of all states and conditions, shall now be exalted like kings, or rather infinitely above the glory that we can imagine of any kings in this...
(24) 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. (25) And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day...
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...
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....
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...
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,...
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. Ver. 24. _And the nations_] See Isaiah 9:3; and that he spea...
_And I saw no temple therein_ The whole city being, properly speaking, a temple; _the Lord God and the Lamb_ surrounding, filling, and sanctifying the whole, and being more intimately present in every...
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...
_ 24 And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it._ A. People from all nations shall flow into the church. (Isaiah 2:...
22-27 Perfect and direct communion with God, will more than supply the place of gospel institutions. And what words can more full express the union and co-equality of the Son with the Father, in the...
AND THE NATIONS OF THEM, WHICH ARE SAVED SHALL WALK IN THE LIGHT OF IT; all that go to heaven shall be thus happy. AND THE KINGS OF THE EARTH DO BRING THEIR GLORY AND HONOUR INTO IT; and such kings of...
Revelation 21:24 And G2532 nations G1484 saved G4982 (G5746) walk G4043 (G5692) in G1722 its G846 light...
‘And the nations shall walk by means of its light (the light of the glory of the Lord), and the kings of the earth bring their glory into it, and its entrances will never be shut by day, for there wil...
Revelation 21:24. The description of the glory of the New Jerusalem is continued in figures taken from the prophets of the Old Testament (comp. Isaiah 60:2-3). AND THE NATIONS SHALL WALK BY THE LIGHT...
AMIDST THE LIGHT THEREOF (δια του φωτος αυτης). Rather "by the light thereof." From Isaiah 60:3; Isaiah 60:11; Isaiah 60:20. All the moral and spiritual progress of moderns is due to Christ, and the...
SAVED (_ See Scofield) - Rom_1:16). _...
Revelation 21:22. _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 tem...
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...
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'...
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...
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...
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...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 21:24 BRING THEIR GLORY INTO IT. Compare Isaiah 60:3. The city’s GATES WILL NEVER BE SHUT bec
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...
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...
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...
_24 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 nations really mean the different tribes of gentile...
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...
Deuteronomy 32:43; Isaiah 2:2; Isaiah 2:5; Isaiah 52:15; Isaiah 55:10;
Of them which are saved. Omit. In the light [ε ν τ ω φ ω τ ι]. Read dia tou fwtov "amidst the light" or "by the light." Do bring [φ ε ρ ο υ σ ι ν]. The present tense, denoting habit. Glory and hono...
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
And the nations — The whole verse is taken from Isaiah 60:3. Shall walk by the light thereof — Which throws itself outward from the city far and near. And the kings of the earth — Those of them who ha...