Revelation 21:22-23 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.… "And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it." The sun and the moon are obviously the symbols of earthly resources. It is not through the city's sun and moon that God will flood her streets with the light of the jasper stone. It is not through the development of knowledge, the progress of thought, and the growth of the Arts, that God will raise city and State to an ideal condition. The impartation of God's glory to the earth is not dependent upon sun and moon. "The city hath no need of the sun." The "jasper" glory is obtained by direct communication with God. It is imparted immediately by the Divine Spirit to the spirit of man, and can only be received by spiritual trust and personal devotion. The "jasper" brightness will give new splendour to sun and moon, but the latter can never create the former. (John Thomas, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.WEB: I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple. |
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