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G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Revelation 21:1-27

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 is manifested. God comes to abide with men. There is a new order of things, characterized by laughter without tears, life without death, singing without mourning, content without crying, pleasure without pain. As John beheld the vision he heard a voice saying, "Behold, I make all things new," and... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Revelation 21:1-27

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 difficult to find, in both the Old and the New Testaments, delightful foreshadowings of the coming Heavenly nuptials. (1) There is the first marriage in Eden. Eve was the bride typical of the Bride of Christ. Observe the following: Adam was put to sleep; Christ was put to sleep. Adam's side was opened; Christ's... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 21:24

‘And the nations shall walk by means of its light (the light of the glory of the Lord), and the kings of the earth bring their glory into it, and its entrances will never be shut by day, for there will be no night there, and they will bring the honour and the glory of the nations into it.’ The city is made up of the people of God and among the people of God there will be kings and many nations (compare Isaiah 60:3: Psalms 72:11), and they will bring into the city all that they have which is... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 21:1-27

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 present world was so corrupt that it could not possibly be the seat of the Messianic kingdom, at any rate in its present condition. The idea was developed in the apocalyptic literature, especially in Ethiopic Enoch, the Apocalypse of Baruch , , 4 Ezra. Some expositors hold that the New Jerusalem was... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 21:18-27

Revelation 21:18-Daniel : . ( c) The Character of the City. Revelation 21:19 f. This list of stones should be compared with the stones of the high priest’ s breastplate ( Exodus 28:17 ff. Exodus 39:10 ff.) and the description of Tyre ( Ezekiel 28:13 ff.). There is considerable difficulty in identifying these stones, but probably, as C. A. Scott (Cent.B) says, the sapphire is our lapis-lazuli, the chalcedony is our onyx, the emerald our emerald, the sardonyx our onyx, the sardius our... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 21:24

And the nations of them, which are saved shall walk in the light of it; all that go to heaven shall be thus happy. And the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it; and such kings of the earth as shall come into heaven, shall see all their honour and glory swallowed up in the glory and honour of that place and state; and confess that all their crowns are infinitely short of this blessed and glorious crown, all their thrones nothing to these thrones. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Revelation 21:1-27

THE NEW JERUSALEMCRITICAL 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 their hearts or the action of their lives. Nothing remains but to exhibit the glorious reward of the righteous, in the eternal world, as contrasted with the awful punishment of the wicked.”Revelation 21:1. New heavens and new earth.—Isaiah 65:17; compare Ezekiel 40-48 and Matthew 19:28. “Heavens “here refer... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Revelation 21:1-27

I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away ( Revelation 21:1 );Now, we are beyond the thousand years. The first heaven is passed away. Peter tells us it passes away with a great noise with a fervent heat as the elements are dissolved.Now, God spoke the universe into existence. And in speaking it into existence, He spoke into existence a scientific puzzle. For in speaking matter into existence, He brought the protons and electrons and assembled... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 21:1-27

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 on lime, and iron, and sulpher. Geologists have counted two hundred craters which ventilate the earth, and send their fires to the skies. The animal kingdom is gradually becoming extinct. When we survey the organic remains of a former world, we ask, where do their successors live, the terrific... read more

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