NOTES for Rev 22:5
5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. |
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God's presence in the yahvism revealed itself very often to the people of God and its particular representatives as the light or as the halo. The shining cloud indicated the place of God's presence already in the time of Moses, who saw it at Horeb, where he met for the first time with the God of his fathers. Moses from far took this halo for fire, but, having approached closer, he understood that he made a mistake: the real fire would have burned the bush, on which the cloud came down in no time. And later this shining cloud was seen over the Tabernacle, in the Holy of Holies of the Temple of Jerusalem, saw seen leaving the Temple, where there was already no more a place for God (as it was revealed in the vision of Ezekiel), was seen on the Ascension Day (exactly in such a shining cloud Jesus disappear from the eyes of His affected disciples).
And in the poem on the creation, in the first chapter of the Book of Genesis, in the description of the first day of the creation, is mentioned the world created this day by God, quite flooded with the light, penetrated by the halo of God's presence. It is not surprising that there is not a place for the darkness in this world shining by the light of God: God separates the light from darkness, putting the difference between light and darkness.
And here is, afterward, when the chaos will penetrate into the world, and God will stand the forces, which led this chaos into the world, afterward, when the creation of God will become such or almost such, as it will appear to us, day and night, the light and the darkness begin to alternate in the world. And it will be like that until its total transformation, until the day, when its nature itself will change qualitatively. Of course, it will not change by itself, it is God Who changes it with His breath, this breath of the Kingdom, that penetrated the world the day of the Pentecost. And when it will take place, the world will be penetrated again by the light of God's presence, as in the first day.
So the world becomes the Kingdom: because the Kingdom of God is not the world, where God hides behind the veil of nature, but the world, where He is seen from anywhere, seen clearly and distinctly. And the halo is only the consequence of this proximity. Without it there is no Kingdom, quite as there is no Kingdom without the breath of God penetrating into the Kingdom till the very limits. Because it is in particular it that gives to the Kingdom and light, and life. Beyond its limits, we have only what the Savior calls the external darkness.
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For Rev 21:9-22:5
9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. |
10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, |
11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; |
12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: |
13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. |
14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. |
15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. |
16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. |
17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. |
18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. |
19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; |
20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. |
21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. |
22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. |
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. |
24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. |
25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. |
26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. |
27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. |
1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. |
2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. |
3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: |
4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. |
5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. |
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