Revelation 21:27 (KJV)  And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.  Also barred from the city will be everyone “worth abomination …

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Revelation 21:27 (KJV)  And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.  Telling what will not enter the city is equally revealing …

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Revelation 21:25 (KJV)  And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.  In a somewhat parenthetical way, the non closing of the city’s gates (cf. Isaiah 60:11) receives attention – …

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Revelation 21:24 (KJV)  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.  What conditions prevail outside the New Jerusalem in parts …

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Revelation 21:24 (KJV)  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.  Isaiah 60:3 refers to both groups. Yet earlier in …

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