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 heaven, in which the Lamb's redeemed people will dwell for ever. 1-8. The eternal dwelling-place p... [ Continue Reading ]
A GREAT VOICE] i.e. God's. HEAVEN] RV 'the throne': cp. Revelation 19:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
FORMER] RV 'first.'... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SAID] i.e. the herald angel. 6. HE SAID] i.e. God. IT IS DONE] RV 'They are come to pass'; 'they' = 'these words' (Revelation 21:5).... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL] RV 'these.'... [ Continue Reading ]
ABOMINABLE] i.e. those who join in heathen debaucheries: cp. Revelation 17:4. SORCERERS] lit. 'poisoners': cp. Revelation 18:23; Revelation 22:15; Galatians 5:20 RV. There was much magic in heathenism, and it dealt in philtres and poisons. THE LAKE] see on Revelation 19:20. SECOND DEATH] see on Rev... [ Continue Reading ]
VIALS] RV 'bowls.' FULL OF] RV 'Who were laden with.'... [ Continue Reading ]
SPIRIT] RV 'Spirit': cp. 173. MOUNTAIN] cp. Ezekiel 40:2.; Matthew 4:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
JASPER] see on Revelation 4:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
TWELVE GATES] '_Four_ is the number which is the symbol of the world, _three_ that of God. _Twelve_, therefore, is the signature of the covenant people among whom God dwells. The enclosure of the Tabernacle was a square space, three tribes being over against each of the four sides. Thus we have a sq... [ Continue Reading ]
Cp. Ezekiel 40:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WALL] i.e. the thickness of the wall: cp. Jeremiah 51:58. THE ANGEL] RV 'an angel,' i.e. the angelic cubit was of the same length as a human cubit. 19F. The stones are, with exceptions, the same as those in the high priest's breastplate (cp. Exodus 28:17.; Exodus 39:10.), and those ascribed to t... [ Continue Reading ]
OF THEM WHICH ARE SAVED] RV omits.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT DEFILETH] RV 'unclean,' lit. 'common': cp. Revelation 21:8; Isaiah 52:1; Ezekiel 44:9. WORKETH, etc.] RV 'maketh an abomination and a lie.' BOOK OF LIFE] cp. Revelation 3:5; Revelation 13:8; Revelation 20:12.... [ Continue Reading ]