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This chapter contains an account of the happy state of the
church,
consisting of all the elect, both Jews and Gentiles, which will
take
place upon the first resurrection, and will continue during the
thousand years' reign mentioned in the preceding chapter. The seat
of
the church in these happy times will be the new heaven and the
new
earth, \\#Re 21:1\\ the church that will dwell there is described
by its
names, the holy city, and new Jerusalem; by its descent, from
heaven;
and by its state and ornament, being prepared and adorned as a
bride
for her husband, \\#Re 21:2\\ and her happiness is expressed by
the
presence of God with her, and communion with him enjoyed by her,
and by
a freedom from all evils endured in the present state of
things,
\\#Re 21:3,4\\ after which John hears the voice of him that sat on
the
throne, declaring himself to be the author of the new heaven and
earth;
ordering him to write, that what had been said was true and
faithful;
affirming that things were now done and finished; calling himself
the
Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end: promising grace to
the
thirsty soul, the inheritance of all things to the overcomer, and
also
divine sonship; and threatening the second death to sinners,
whose
characters are given, \\#Re 21:5-8\\ next John has a vision of
the
bride before spoken of; the preface to it is in \\#Re 21:9,10\\ in
which
is signified that one of the seven angels that had the seven
vials
talked to him in a very free and familiar manner, and proposed to
show
him the Lamb's wife; and in order to it carried him to an
exceeding
high mountain, and showed him the city before mentioned, said to
be
great, holy, and heavenly; and which is described by the glory of
God
upon it, and the light that was in it, comparable to a crystal
jasper
stone, \\#Re 21:11\\ by its wall, which is great and high; and by
its,
gates and foundations; its gates are in number twelve, twelve
angels
at them, and on them written the twelve names of the children
of
Israel, and these situated three at each point, east, west, north,
and
south; and its foundations are also twelve, having the names of
the
twelve apostles on them, \\#Re 21:12-14\\ by the measure of it,
which
the angel took with his golden read; of the city, which was
twelve
thousand furlongs, it being four square, and its length, breadth,
and
height equal; and of the wall, which was a hundred forty and
four
cubits, \\#Re 21:15-17\\ and next the city is described by the
matter
of which it was built; the wall of jasper the city of pure gold,
like
to clear glass; the foundations of precious stone, each
foundation
being of one stone; the gates of pearls, each gate being of one
pearl;
the street of the city of pure gold, like transparent glass,
\\#Re 21:18-21\\ and then by the temple in it, which is no other
than
the Lord God and the Lamb; and by the light, which is the same, it
having
no need of sun or moon, \\#Re 21:22,23\\ and next by its
inhabitants,
the nations of the saved ones, who walk in its light, and the kings
of
the earth, that bring their honour and glory to it; by its safety
and
security, and by the purity of it, none but undefiled persons,
and
such who are written in the Lamb's book of life, being admitted
into
it, \\#Re 21:24-27\\.