Offenbarung 21:22

22 Und ich sah keinen Tempel in ihr, denn der Herr, Gott, der Allmächtige, ist ihr Tempel, und das Lamm.

Offenbarung 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.

Offenbarung 21:22 In-Context

20 die sechste, Sardis; die siebte, Chrysolith; die achte, Beryll; die neunte, Topas; die zehnte, Chrysopras; die elfte, Hyazinth; die zwölfte, Amethyst.
21 Und die zwölf Tore waren zwölf Perlen, je eines der Tore war aus einer Perle, und die Straße der Stadt reines Gold, wie durchsichtiges Glas.
22 Und ich sah keinen Tempel in ihr, denn der Herr, Gott, der Allmächtige, ist ihr Tempel, und das Lamm.
23 Und die Stadt bedarf nicht der Sonne, noch des Mondes, auf daß sie ihr scheinen; denn die Herrlichkeit Gottes hat sie erleuchtet, und ihre Lampe ist das Lamm.
24 Und die Nationen werden durch ihr Licht wandeln, und die Könige der Erde bringen ihre Herrlichkeit zu ihr.
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