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and they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it.
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Redeemed Human Achievement
Commentators explain that the "glory and honor of the nations" refers to the best of human culture and achievement, purified and brought into the New Jerusalem. Rather than being erased, all that is truly valuable, good, and beautiful from human life on earth is redeemed and presented to God, acknowledging Him as the source of every good gift.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And they shall bring, etc. See Barnes on Revelation 21:24.
That blessed world shall be made up of all that was truly valuable and pu…
They shall bring (οισουσιν). Future active indicative of φερω. Rome gathered the merchandise of the world (18:11ff.). The City of …
19th Century
Anglican
And the gates of it ...—Better, And the gates (or, gate-towers) will never be shut by day, …
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Baptist
And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither wha…
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 they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it . The glory of the nations ar…
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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…
