“ And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. ”
And they shall bring ... - See the notes on Revelation 21:24 . That blessed world shall be made up of all that was truly valuable and pure on the earth.
Revelation 21:1 to Revelation 22:5 . The Vision of the New Jerusalem. The doctrine of the new heaven and the new earth goes back to Isaiah 65:17 , and is derived from the belief that the presen...
honour . the honour. the nations. These are the "sheep" nations of His right hand during the millennial reign. See Matthew 25:31-46 .
And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. The glory and honor of the nations into it - Still alluding to the declarations of the prophets, (see the passages in the margin, Re...
There came unto me one of the seven angels, &c.— A more particular description is now given of the new Jerusalem. One of the seven angels (and most probably the same who had, ch. Revelation...
And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. All that was truly glorious in the earth and its converted nations is gathered into it. While all are one, there are various o...
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 glo...
And the gates of it... — Better, And the gates (or, gate-towers ) shall never be shut by day, for night shall not be there. The gates shall never be shut: all day they shall be open, and that...
CHAPTER XVII. THE NEW JERUSALEM. REV. Revelation 21:1-27 ; Revelation 22:1-5 . THE first part of the final triumph of the Lamb has been accomplished, but the second has still to be unfolded. W...
“The Holy City” Revelation 21:9-27 The “new Jerusalem” is the redeemed Church united with her Lord in the act of governing the whole world. A city is obviously the seat of imperial rule. In tha...
The endless end of evil has passed before the vision of the seer, and he now observes the resultant order. The holy city appears. Toward a city of God men had looked through long generations. Now it...
(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 honour into it. (25) And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by da...
And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. The glory of the nations are the people of God, who, though they are reckoned the filth of the world, are the excellent in the eart...
And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. Ver. 26. And they ] i.e. The kings, as Revelation 21:24 .
And I saw no temple therein The whole city being, properly speaking, a temple; the Lord God and the Lamb surrounding, filling, and sanctifying the whole, and being more intimately present in ever...
The New Heaven and New Earth Revelation 20:11 has indicated that at the time of the Great White Throne the earth and the heaven flee away. Now John sees a new heaven and a new earth, and the ear...
The New Jerusalem. A. D. 95. 9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the...
Whatsoever is excellent or desirable in the world, shall be supplied to the souls of those that are in heaven, by good of another make, but which shall be equally (nay, infinitely more) satisfactory...
THE NEW JERUSALEM CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES “NOW is sealed the eternal doom of the dragon, beast, false prophet, and all their followers; yea, and of all who resemble them in the temper of...
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, sev...
Revelation 21:1 . I saw a new heaven and a new earth. This was a welcome sight, for this old earth is wearing out. Subterranean fires are burning and wasting it beneath our feet, fires everfeeding...
EXPOSITION Revelation 21:1 And I saw. The usual introduction to a new vision (cf. Revelation 20:11 , etc.). Having described the origin and progress of evil in the world, the final over...
The wonderful glory of the city:
Revelation 21:24
The Marriage of the Lamb Revelation 19:1-10 ; Revelation 21:1-27 and Revelation 22:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Old Testament analogies of the coming Marriage in the skies. It is not diff...
And they shall bring the glory of the nations into it — It seems, a select part of each nation; that is, all which can contribute to make this city honourable and glorious shall be found in it; as...