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John Gill's Exposition on Revelation 22:5
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And there shall be no night there, etc.] This is repeated from (<662125>Revelation 21:25) to express the certainty of it, and to observe, that the happiness of this state will greatly lie in the light thereof; it will be one everlasting day, hmera aiwnov, “day of eternity”, or eternal day, as in (<610318>2 Peter 3:18) and they need no candle, nor the light of the sun; neither artificial nor natural light; neither the dimmer light of the ceremonial law, under the legal dispensation, which was like a candle lighted up in Judea; nor the more clear light of the Gospel and its ordinances, under the present dispensation, which now will be at an end: for the Lord God giveth them light; immediately from himself, without the use of means and ordinances; and in his light the saints will see all things clearly; who will be always communicating it to them, and will be their everlasting light; (see Gill on “<662123>Revelation 21:23”). and they shall reign for ever and ever; they are made kings now, and in this state they shall reign with Christ for the space of a thousand years; and when they are ended, they shall not cease to reign; nor will Christ, when he delivers up the kingdom to the Father, for his and their kingdom is an everlasting one, (<660106>Revelation 1:6 5:10 20:4 <270727>Daniel 7:27) and here ends the account of this glorious state of things; what follows is the conclusion of the whole book.
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