Revelation

THE BOOK OF REVELATION: M. M. NINAN
As the twelve tribes wandered in the desert, each tribe carried a standard and displayed it as a flag or
insignia while camping in the wilderness. The colors of the flags, and each tribe's symbols, were based on
gem colors from the High Priest's breastplate.
"And the stones shall be engraved with the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to their names,
like the engravings of a signet; every one shall be engraved with his name according to the number of the
twelve tribes." (Exodus 28:21).
Rev 21:22 I saw no sanctuary in the city, for the Lord God, the Ruler of all, is its Sanctuary, and so is
the Lamb.
Rev 21:23 Nor has the city any need of the sun or of the moon, to give it light; for the glory of God
has shone upon it and its lamp is the Lamb.
Rev 21:24 The nations will live their lives by its light; and the kings of the earth are to bring their
glory into it.
This would imply that the earth is still inhabited. Who is there?
New Jerusalem is the house of the Lamb with His wife. But those who are not espoused to Jesus but are
righteous and meek will be on earth.
Psalms 37:29 says: "The righteous will inherit the earth (land) and reside forever upon it."
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus made a promise that reminds us of the scriptures quoted above:
Matthew 5:5 “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.”
Rev 21:25 And in the daytime (for there will be no night there) the gates will never be closed;
Rev 21:26 and the glory and honor of the nations shall be brought into it.
Rev 21:27 And no unclean thing shall ever enter it, nor any one who is guilty of base conduct or tells
lies, but only they whose names stand recorded in the Lamb's Book of Life.
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