Openbaring 21:22

22 En ik zag geen tempel in dezelve; want de Heere, de almachtige God, is haar Tempel, en het Lam.

Openbaring 21:22 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 21:22

And I saw no temple therein
No material temple, as was in the old Jerusalem, or such as is described in Ezekiel's vision; nor any place of public worship, as under the Gospel dispensation; for in this state there will be no such external form of worship as now, such as preaching the word and administering ordinances. The Jews expect a third temple, but in vain.

For the Lord God Almighty, and the Lamb, are the temple of it;
God will be immediately present with his people, whose face they shall see, and whom they will serve in the most pure and spiritual manner; and Christ in his human nature, in the temple of his body, that tabernacle which God pitched, and not man, which is filled with the train of the divine perfections, and in which the fulness of the Godhead dwells bodily, will be the only medium of the divine Presence, and of the communications of glory to men, and of the saints' praise to God, which will be the service they will be employed in; and the Lamb being joined with the Lord God Almighty, shows his deity and his equality with his Father.

Openbaring 21:22 In-Context

20 Het vijfde Sardonix, het zesde Sardius, het zevende Chrysoliet, het achtste Beryl, het negende Topaas, het tiende Chrysopraas, het elfde Hyacinth, het twaalfde Amethyst.

21 En de twaalf poorten waren twaalf paarlen, een iedere poort was elk uit een paarl; en de straat der stad was zuiver goud; gelijk doorluchtig glas.

22 En ik zag geen tempel in dezelve; want de Heere, de almachtige God, is haar Tempel, en het Lam.

23 En de stad behoeft de zon en de maan niet, dat zij in dezelve zouden schijnen; want de heerlijkheid Gods heeft haar verlicht, en het Lam is haar Kaars.

24 En de volken, die zalig worden, zullen in haar licht wandelen; en de koningen der aarde brengen hun heerlijkheid en eer in dezelve.