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thinner and more transparent the constituentlayers, the more perfect is the luster. Theimmediate occasion of the production of a pearlappears to be always the presence of someextraneous substance inside of the shell of themollusk." (McC.)The mollusk is the earthly tabernacle; theextraneous substance is the New Mind. Thesuccessive layers are the additions made to it,"precept upon precept, precept upon precept; lineupon line, line upon line; here a little and there alittle."— Isa. 28:13.And the street of the City was pure gold, as itwere transparent glass.— There will be but onestreet in that City, the street which has been inprocess of construction throughout the Age. TheProphets tell us of it.— Prov. 16:17; Isa. 40:3,49, 11, 35:8; 62:10-12.Revelation 21:22.And I saw no temple therein.— No specialplace of worship, for the use and benefit of theLittle Flock.[For] BECAUSE the Lord God Almighty andthe Lamb are the Temple of it.— The Bride'swhole life is completely wrapped up in theFather and the Son. Her one consuming wish isto glorify the Lord's dear name. Of what need isany special place of worship for one who cansay, "For to me to live is [for] Christ [tolive]?"— Phil. 1:21.FM330Revelation 21:23.And the City had no need of the sun, neitherof the moon, to shine [in] ON it.— "The sunsignifies the light of this Gospel Age; the moonsignifies the typically reflected light of theGospel in the Law and the Prophets of theprevious Dispensation. The glorified Church willhave no need of the light which in the presenttime she so much enjoys through the Word andthe Spirit, and the Law and the Prophets. Shewill have, instead of these, a much more