Re.21:24 "Zion, New Jerusalem and cities of refuge."
"And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband."(21:2).
Zion and New Jerusalem are the two great lights recorded in the covenant. "And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night."(Ge.1:16) The lesser light is called the light of the Lamb.
"And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it./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./And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it." (vv.21-24).
Nations of them which are saved correspond to the cities God had commanded Moses to set apart for the Israelites and the Gentiles alike. "Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge./These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them." (Nu.35:14-15)
This resonates with the Mixed People Ezra in his time had to contend with. When Ezra is informed of this he was incensed."The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites./For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass"(Ez.9:1-2) They were not like Joshua who is a stand in for Jesus Christ. "but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." The saved on the earth signify the saved nations in Re.21:24.
"And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband."(21:2).
Zion and New Jerusalem are the two great lights recorded in the covenant. "And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night."(Ge.1:16) The lesser light is called the light of the Lamb.
"And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it./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./And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it." (vv.21-24).
Nations of them which are saved correspond to the cities God had commanded Moses to set apart for the Israelites and the Gentiles alike. "Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge./These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them." (Nu.35:14-15)
This resonates with the Mixed People Ezra in his time had to contend with. When Ezra is informed of this he was incensed."The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites./For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass"(Ez.9:1-2) They were not like Joshua who is a stand in for Jesus Christ. "but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." The saved on the earth signify the saved nations in Re.21:24.
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