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Verse Revelation 21:20. _THE FIFTH, SARDONYX_] The onyx is an
accidental variety of the agate kind; it is of a dark horny colour, in
which is a plate of a bluish white, and sometimes of red. When on o...
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THE FIFTH, SARDONYX - This word does not occur elsewhere in the New
Testament. The “name” is derived from “Sardis,” a city in Asia
Minor (notes on Revelation 3:1), and ὄνυξ onux, a nail - so
named,...
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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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(_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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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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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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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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_chrysolite … topaz_ According to the best authorities, the ancient
application of these names was the reverse of the modern. Chrysolite
ought, according to the etymology, to be a "golden stone," whil...
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ΧΡΥΣΌΛΙΘΟΣ … ΤΟΠΆΖΙΟΝ. According to the best
authorities, the ancient application of these names was the reverse of
the modern. Chrysolite ought, according to the etymology, to be a
“golden stone,” wh...
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THE BUILDING, FOUNDATIONS AND STREET...
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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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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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_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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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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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 - ha...
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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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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 twelve foundations were studded with the beautiful stones of
John's day, some of which can no longer be positively identified....
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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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THE FIFTH, SARDONYX,.... Which is partly of the sardian, and partly of
the onyx stone, which resembles a man's nail, from whence it has its
name; it is reddish, bordering on white; it may be thought t...
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The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the
eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the
eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
Ver. 20. _The fi...
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_And the foundations of the wall_ That is, the lower parts of it;
_were garnished with all manner of precious stones_ Were inlaid quite
round, and beautified with a great variety of them; or were
beau...
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The measurements and the ornaments of the city:...
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THE FIFTH, SARDONYX; THE SIXTH, SARDIUS; THE SEVENTH, CHRYSOLITE; THE
EIGHTH, BERYL; THE NINTH, A TOPAZ; THE TENTH, A CHRYSOPRASUS; THE
ELEVENTH, A JACINTH; THE TWELFTH, AN AMETHYST....
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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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_ 19 The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all
kinds of precious stones: the first foundation was jasper, the second
sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, 20 the fift...
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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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I cannot tell what to make of these _precious stones, _ with which
they are said to be _garnished, _ unless it be their spiritual gifts
and habits of grace; the various manifestations of the Holy Spir...
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Revelation 21:20 fifth G3991 sardonyx G4557 sixth G1623 sardius G4556
seventh G1442 chrysolite G5555 eighth G3590 beryl...
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‘The foundations of the walls of the city were adorned with all
manner of precious stone, the first foundation was jasper, the second
sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth, emerald, the fifth,
sa...
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Revelation 21:19-20. The materials of the twelve courses of stones
which formed the basement of the city are next mentioned (comp. on
Revelation 21:14). They are not merely beautified with precious
st...
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Sardonyx (σαρδονυξ), here only in N.T., white with layers of
red, from sardion (red carnelian) and onyx (white); for sardius
(σαρδιον) see Revelation 4:3; chrysolite
(χρυσολιθος), here only in N.T. (E...
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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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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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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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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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THE CHRYSOPRASE
The tenth, chrysoprase. Revelation 21:20.
In most lists of gems for the month the sardonyx is the stone for
August. You remember we spoke of it away back in January when we were
talk...
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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 21:19 The 12 jewels correspond to
those engraved with the names of Israelite tribes on the high
priest’s breastplate (Exodus 28:17). They also resemble stones as
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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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Sardonyx [σ α ρ δ ο ν υ ξ]. The most beautiful and rarest
variety of onyx. Pliny defines it as originally signifying a white
mark in a sard, like the human nail [ο ν υ ξ] placed upon flesh,
and both o...
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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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A sardonyx is red streaked with white; a sardius, of a deep red; a
chrysolite, of a deep yellow; a beryl, sea — green; a topaz, pale
yellow; a chrysoprase is greenish and transparent, with gold specks...