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I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple.
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No Temple, All Temple
Commentators explain that the New Jerusalem lacks a physical temple because the entire city has become a holy place. On earth, the temple was a specific location to meet with God. In eternity, believers will experience God's presence directly and constantly, everywhere. As one scholar notes, we are God's temple now, but in heaven, God and the Lamb will be our temple.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And I saw no temple therein. No structure built expressly for the worship of God; no particular place where he was adored. It was all<…
I saw no temple therein (ναον ουκ ειδον εν αυτη). "Temple I did not see in it." The whole city is a temple in one sense (verse 16)…
19th Century
Anglican
And I saw no temple in it . . . — Rather, And temple I saw not in it, for the Lord God the Almighty is her temple, an…
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Baptist
And I saw no temple in it: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
It has a temple, that better state, that la…
John turns from this beautiful description of the city to the life within it. In antiquity every notable city had at least one central temple. The …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I saw no temple therein No material temple, as was in the old Jerusalem, or such as is described in Ezekiel's vi…
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Perfect and direct communion with God will more than replace gospel institutions. And what words can more fully express the union and co-equality o…
