April 15 – A Real Place (pt. 3)
Revelation 21:22-27
“I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there. The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it. Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.”
John doesn’t see a temple because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The sun and moon no longer need to shine because the Shekinah glory of God illuminates everything. In fact, the city will radiate enough light to illuminate the entire earth. There will be no more night. God will dwell among us.
Temples and tabernacles were built to give God a place to reside when He walked among His people. Before sin separated us from Him, He walked in the garden beside Adam and Eve. But, as sin crept into the world, God was unable to move among mankind. His being would destroy sin and since we are so filled with it, consequently He would destroy us.
But the day is coming when He will again be able to walk among His children.
In Revelation 21:24, we read that there will be nations on earth. We will never be bored. The Holy City will be active all the time. People will come and go, traveling throughout the earth. Kings will bring their splendor into the city to lay it before the Lord.
The gates will always be open, the darkness that comes from the night will no longer exist. Nothing impure will be able to come forth, no one will be able to enter the city to bring shame and deceit.
The city will be utterly safe and those who have their names written in the Lamb’s book of life will travel freely throughout the city – a city filled with God’s glory.
Revelation 21:22-27
“I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there. The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it. Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.”
John doesn’t see a temple because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The sun and moon no longer need to shine because the Shekinah glory of God illuminates everything. In fact, the city will radiate enough light to illuminate the entire earth. There will be no more night. God will dwell among us.
Temples and tabernacles were built to give God a place to reside when He walked among His people. Before sin separated us from Him, He walked in the garden beside Adam and Eve. But, as sin crept into the world, God was unable to move among mankind. His being would destroy sin and since we are so filled with it, consequently He would destroy us.
But the day is coming when He will again be able to walk among His children.
In Revelation 21:24, we read that there will be nations on earth. We will never be bored. The Holy City will be active all the time. People will come and go, traveling throughout the earth. Kings will bring their splendor into the city to lay it before the Lord.
The gates will always be open, the darkness that comes from the night will no longer exist. Nothing impure will be able to come forth, no one will be able to enter the city to bring shame and deceit.
The city will be utterly safe and those who have their names written in the Lamb’s book of life will travel freely throughout the city – a city filled with God’s glory.
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