The Revelation of Jesus Christ 211 . in twain" when our Lord Jesus died for us; and ever since then, there has been "no veil between" Him and His redeemed. 8. "The Lamb ls the Light Thereof" (21 :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." · The Creator Himself is the Source of light in that glorious city-the light of the countenance of the Lord Jesus Christ shall lighten the place, and the effulgence of His glory shall fill every soul with joy and delight. "There shall be no night there." What a wonderful thought! No night of sorrow; no night of pain; no night of mystery; no night of depression; no night of death; no night of separation! How full of comfort, of blessed hope are those simple words: "No night there"! 9. "The Nations ... Shall Walk in the Light of It" (21 :21~26). The "sheep nations," which will enter into the miJJennial reign of Christ, will "walk in the light" of the New Jerusalem, which will shine, as a vast chandelier, over the earth for the thousand years of our Lord's rule of righteousness and peace. 0 'And the nations of them which are saved shall walk In the light of it: and the klngs of the earth do 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 the nations Into it" (verses 24-26). 10. The Home Only of the Redeemed (21 :~7). "And there shall In no wise enter Into it anything that deflleth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a Ile: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life," Heaven would not be heaven if sin could enter there. Our holy God cannot bear the presence of sin; nor could the unre generate sinner bear the presence of a holy God. Today now-is the day of salvation. And the only way to heaven is "The Way of the Cross." 11. "The Throne of God and of the Lamb" ( 22: 1 ) .
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