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The nations will walk in its light. The kings of the earth bring their glory into it.
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A Kingdom for All Nations
Commentators emphasize that this vision fulfills God's promise to save people from every nation. The "nations" and "kings" are not outsiders but represent the redeemed from all over the world, now united and walking in the light of God's glory. This is the ultimate picture of the universal Church, where all peoples who followed the Lamb are welcomed into His eternal city.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the nations of them which are saved. All the nations that are saved, or all the saved considered as nations. This imagery is doubtless…
Amidst the light thereof (δια του φωτος αυτης). Rather "by the light thereof." From Isa 60:3,11,20. All the moral and spiritual pr…
19th Century
Anglican
And the nations of them which are saved . . .—We must omit, with the best manuscripts, the words of them which are saved,…
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Baptist
And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. And …
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 the nations of them which are saved In distinction from them that will be deceived by Satan, ([Reference Revelat…
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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…
