Revelation 21:24
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.
Now, clearly, here in eternity,
there will be people inhabiting the earth. Some commentators believe the Jews
will inherit the earth and grow to a great number as mankind was originally
intended to populate the universe. Although we don’t have enough evidence to
declare this as being the case it is clear that there will be people on earth
and their leadership will have to bring glory and honor to the New Jerusalem.
Only those persons whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life will have a presence apart from the Lake of
Fire.
Revelation chapter 22
Revelation 22:1 ¶ 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.
Here, we have pure and clear together
again. Remember the reference to the water
of life in the last chapter.
Revelation 21:6 And he said unto
me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give
unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
You can see by this verse that
that verse was not a metaphor. Here, this water of life proceeds physically
from God and Christ as it does spiritually in other places. Remember previous
verses in the Bible?
John 4:14 But whosoever drinketh
of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I
shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting
life.
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