Revelation 21-
VERSE 23. And the city
had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of
God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. 24. And the
nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of
the earth do bring their glory and honor into it. 25. And the
gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall he no night there.
26. And they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into
it. 27. And there shall in no wise enter into it anything that
defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they
which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
(Excerpt taken from
Daniel and Revelation by Uriah Smith 1897-1911 Editions)
p 762 -- No Night
There. - It is in the city alone, probably, that there is no night. There will
of course be days and nights in the new earth, but they will be days and nights
of surpassing glory. The prophet, speaking of this time, says, "Moreover,
the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the
sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord
bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their
wound." Isa. 30:26. But if the light of the moon in that state is as the
light of the sun, how can there be said to be night there? Answer: The
light of the sun shall be sevenfold, so that although the night is as our day,
the day will be sevenfold brighter, making the contrast between day and night
there as marked, perhaps, as at the present time; but both will be surpassingly
glorious.
Verse 24 speaks of
nations and kings. The nations are the nations of the saved; and we are all
kings, in a certain sense, in the new-earth state. We possess a
"kingdom," and are to "reign" forever and ever.
But it appears from
some of our Saviour's parables, as in Matt. 25:21, 23, that some will occupy in
a special sense the position of rulers, and may thus be spoken of as kings of
the earth in connection with the nations of the saved. These bring their glory
and honor into the city, when on the Sabbaths and new moons they there come up
to worship before God. Isa. 66:23.
Reader, do you want a
part in the unspeakable and eternal glories of this heavenly city? See to it,
then, that your name is written in the Lamb's book of life; for those only
whose names are on that heavenly "roll of honor" can enter there.
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Did you ever wonder
why Adam and Eve needed to be clothed after they sinned? They no longer were
covered in the light of their Creator. Darkness came between them and the light
of God. Our God, and our Savior are all the light we need! Seriously! Once more
the light of God's righteousness will be able to cover us. Sin will no longer
separate us from God. When we sin we SEPARATE ourselves from God.
As sinners we cannot
remove sin from ourselves. You cannot with your hands, clean mud from yourself,
as long as your hands are covered in mud, it's impossible. You need some way to
clean the mud from your hands first.
Sin permanently
attaches itself to us unless we allow our Savior to remove it from us,
accepting we cannot remove the sin ourselves.
We might, with our SAVIOR'S strength be able to keep from sinning and
therefore avoid sin staining ourselves over and over again, in fact in the very
last days when probation is over and all cases decided, God's people who are
alive then will have to live sinlessly through the Holy Spirit. They will have
to live sinless by the grace and power of God and Jesus until our Savior
returns and calls us to be with Him forevermore.
Sin stains, and our
Savior alone can remove the stains. As long as we refuse to have our Savior
remove the sin stains from us, we are allowing ourselves to be covered in a
barrier that will keep us from being reunited with our God. We are truly
separating ourselves from God, we are choosing separation.
If we hope to live in
the glorious forever light of our God and Savior the light of the New Jerusalem
we mustn't allow any sin to remain unconfessed to Jesus Christ our Lord. We
must confess all, we must repent, we must look to our Savior, Jesus Christ always,
for all things! Our Savior will forgive us, He will cleanse us, He will cover
us in HIS righteousness!
All by HIS love! All
through HIM, our Savior Jesus Christ now and forever!!!!!!!
AMEN!
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