Tuesday, February 03, 2015

Revelation 21:24-26


24 The nations shall walk by its light and the rulers and leaders of the earth shall bring into it their glory.
  • We are shown here that the nations will walk by Jesus’ Light. Nations, plural, let that Truth sink in. 
  • The Bride will be the leaders of the earth, which means that we will be the servants of the guests.
  • Blessed (happy, to be envied) and holy (spiritually whole, of unimpaired innocence and proved virtue) is the person who takes part (shares) in the first resurrection! Over them the second death exerts no power or authority, but they shall be ministers of God and of Christ (the Messiah), and they shall rule along with Him a thousand years. Revelation 20:6
  • If we endure, we shall also reign with Him. If we deny and disown and reject Him, He will also deny and disown and reject us. 2 Timothy 2:12
  • For if because of one man’s trespass (lapse, offense) death reigned through that one, much more surely will those who receive [God’s] overflowing grace (unmerited favor) and the free gift of righteousness [putting them into right standing with Himself] reign as kings in life through the one Man Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). Romans 5:17
  • And You have made them a kingdom (royal race) and priests to our God, and they shall reign [as kings] over the earth! Revelation 5:10
  • Do you not know that the saints (the believers) will [one day] judge and govern the world? And if the world [itself] is to be judged and ruled by you, are you unworthy and incompetent to try [such petty matters] of the smallest courts of justice?1 Corinthians 6:2
  • He who is greatest among you shall be your servant. Matthew 23:11
  • The nations will be our guests. Jesus told us that the Wedding Feast will be filled with both good and bad guests, Matthew 22:10. 
  • We have studied that every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord on Judgment Day. We have also been shown that some may loose the reward of being the Bride of Christ, but they themselves will be saved, as ones who have passed through Hades.
  • But if any person’s work is burned up [under the test], he will suffer the loss [of it all, losing his reward], though he himself will be saved, but only as [one who has passed] through fire. 1 Corinthians 3:15
25 And its gates shall never be closed by day, and there shall be no night there.
  • The gates will never be used to hold anyone out. They are made out of pearls for a reason, as a symbol of everyone being allowed to be there. 
  • Night, or darkness, sin, death, sorrow, pain, will all be gone after Judgment Day.
  • Then death and Hades (the state of death or disembodied existence) were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. Revelation 20:14
  • God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, neither shall there be anguish (sorrow and mourning) nor grief nor pain any more, for the old conditions and the former order of things have passed away. Revelation 21:4
26 They shall bring the glory (the splendor and majesty) and the honor of the nations into it.
  • What is our glory?
  • For you are [indeed] our glory and our joy! 1 Thessalonians 2:20
  • Take note! I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet and learn and acknowledge that I have loved you. Revelation 3:9
  • Our glory is that we are able to serve the guests and they will come to the knowledge of the Truth that will set them free. Our glory is that people both good and bad will be able to enjoy the victory and provision of our Father. 

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