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, several starry worlds have burnt out, and vanished out of sight. The apostle Peter has told us that this w... [ Continue Reading ]
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's wife. And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great... [ Continue Reading ]
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 with almost impossible beauties, this description is given to us to let us think, and by faith conceiv... [ Continue Reading ]
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 temple that John could see, yet he knew that it had a temple « for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb a... [ Continue Reading ]