Access to the city Revelation 21v24-27
"And the nations of them which are saved, shall walk in the light of it; and the kings of the earth shall bring their glory and honour into it. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day,for there shall be no night there. And they shall bring the glory and honour of nations into it.. 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."
The incredible statement at the end of verse 23 "the Lamb is the light thereof", sets the scene for what is here. So brilliant is the aura of the Lamb of God, that there is no need of the sun for light! There is obviously great activity in, and around, the city in the form of ingress and egress; clearly there is life and activity, within the city, and outside it in the new earth, and, possibly in the wider universe of the new heavens.
- The nations of them that are saved shall walk in the light of it. Only the saved will be there. It seems the new earth will consist of different nations. God is a God of variety. "They shall walk in the light of it." This will mean physical light and spiritual light. In a physical sense, there will only be day, "for there shall be no night there".This means constant activity, and in order to illustrate that, it says, "the gates shall not be shut." There is much more than that, however, the saved nations shall walk in the spiritual light, and this is stated in Isaiah 2v2-5; although, primarily this is a millennial scene, we have already discovered that scripture does not differentiate. "The mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills, AND ALL NATIONS SHALL FLOW UNTO IT AND MANY PEOPLE SHALL SAY 'come let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,to the house of the God of Jacob, and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths; for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem". Thus, spiritual as well as physical light emanating from the Lord.
- The kings of the earth shall bring their glory and honour unto it..and they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it." This tells us that there will be structures of government on the new earth, and those promoted to high office, will not only bring threir own homage, but that of the nations over whom they preside, to the Lord. Psalm 72 predicts the same; v10 'The kings of Tarshish,and of the isles(west and north) shall bring gifts; the kings of Seba and Sheba (east and south) shall offer gifts; Yea all kings shall bow down before Him: all nations shall serve Him." Again in v15 "prayer also shall be made for Him continually, and daily(all day long) shall He be praised." The worship of the Saviour will be spontaneous and perpetual.
- And there shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth...but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life." Only saved people, only redeemed people , and NOTHING of defilement shall enter in. This is emphasized because from 'out of the blue", sin entered, affecting adversely the whole world. This is stated to reassure believers, that no such thing wil ever happen again. In the words of the hymnwriter, we can truly believe "Where no sin nor stain can enter, nor the gold be dim; There in holiness unsullied I shall walk with Him; Meet companion then for Jesus, from Him for Him made; Glory of God's grace forever, there in me displayed."!
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