23 The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light.
A. The church in not dependant on external light sources. God is the light. The sun is not needed to shine. We do not need stars or the moon.
B. God’s glory lights up or lives. Jesus is the light of our life. (John 8:12)
C. The primary task of the church is to take this light into a world dark with sin.
Verse 23. _NO NEED OF THE SUN_] This is also one of the traditions of the ancient Jews, that "in _the world to come_ the Israelites shall have no need of the _sun by day_, nor the _moon by_ _night_."-...
AND THE CITY HAD NO NEED OF THE SUN, NEITHER OF THE MOON, TO SHINE IN IT - This imagery seems to be derived from Isaiah 9:19. See notes on those verses. No language could give a more striking or beaut...
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...
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...
(_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...
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...
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...
HAD. hath. NEED, &C. Compare Isaiah 60:19 for the privileges of the millennial reign, foreshadowing the extended ones set forth here. NEITHER. Greek. _oude._ TO. in order to. Greek. _hina._ SHINE....
_no need of the sun_&c. Isaiah 60:19. It is impossible to say whether it is here meant that the sun and moon do not shine, or only that the city is not dependent on them. _the light thereof_ The word...
ΟΥ̓ ΧΡΕΊΑΝ ἜΧΕΙ.… Isaiah 9:19. It is impossible to say whether it is here meant that the sun and moon do not shine, or only that the city is not dependent on them. Ὁ ΛΎΧΝΟΣ. The word is that commonly...
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...
ΣΕΛΉΝΗ (G4582) луна, ΦΑΊΝΩΣΙΝ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΦΑΊΝΩ (G5316) светить. _Conj._ с ΪΝ (G2443) в _прид._ цели, ΈΦΏΤΙΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΦΥΤΊΖΩ (G5461) освещать, давать свет, сиять, ΛΎΧΝΟΣ (G308...
DISCOURSE: 2530 GOD THE LIGHT AND TEMPLE OF THE NEW JERUSALEM Revelation 21:22. _I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the...
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 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, '...
__ 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...
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 CITY HAD NO NEED OF THE SUN... — Rather, _And the city hath not need of the sun, nor of the moon that they should shine on_ (or, _for_)_ her; for the glory of God enlightened her, and her lamp...
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...
Another fulfilment of the O.T. ideal (Isaiah 60:19-20). It is a Jewish-Christian symbol for Paul's thought _God shall be all and in all_. So in 4 Ezra 7 :[42] at the last judgment there is neither sun...
“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...
There will be no need for created light because the source of light will be there. There is a continued emphasis placed upon Jesus throughout the book. Here he is the glory of God and a lamp for the F...
(16) 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. (16) The second form of particular description...
_Needeth not sun nor moon, where there is no vicissitude or succession of day and night, the divine brightness always shining to them. (Witham)_...
(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...
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 CITY HAD NO NEED OF THE SUN, NEITHER OF THE MOON TO SHINE IN IT,.... Which may be understood either literally of these two luminaries, which all earthly cities need; and which, though they may...
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. Ver. 23. _And the city had no need_] He saith not t...
_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...
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....
The wonderful glory of the city:...
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...
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...
THE SUN and THE MOON are the two great luminaries of the world, which God hath made, the one to rule the day, the other to rule the night; in heaven there will be no need of any of these. LIGHT, in Sc...
Revelation 21:23 G2532 city G4172 had G2192 (G5719) no G3756 need G5532 sun G2246 or G3761 moon...
‘And I saw no Temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb are its Temple. And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God did lighten it and its...
Revelation 21:23. As the city was independent of the outward and ordinary means of grace, so also it was independent of the outward influences which nature supplies for the help of man. IT HATH NO NEE...
TO SHINE UPON IT (ινα φαινωσιν αυτη). Purpose clause with ινα and the present active subjunctive of φαινω, to keep on shining. Light is always a problem in our cities. See Isaiah 60:19.DID LIGHTEN...
Revelation 21:23 Christ the Light of all Scripture. I. Consider how far the Christian conception of Christ accounts for the structure of Scripture prophecy. Deliverance from all evil, by means of the...
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...
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...
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'...
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...
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...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 21:23 God the Father is the source and Christ is the mediator of the bride’s radiant LIGHT (her truth and purity). See Isaiah 60:19.
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...
_23 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._ The city itself is not the new earth. Scripture...
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...
Acts 22:11; Habakkuk 3:3; Isaiah 2:10; Isaiah 2:19; Isaiah 2:21;...
The glory of God did lighten it. Compare Isaiah 60:19; Isaiah 60:20. The light [ο λ υ χ ν ο ς]. Rev., better, lamp. See on John 5:35....
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
The glory of God — Infinitely brighter than the shining of the sun....