Revelation 22:5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God gives them light… I. WHO THESE HAPPY PERSONS ARE WHO SHALL PARTAKE OF THIS HAPPINESS. II. POINT OUT SOMETHING OF THE HAPPINESS OF HEAVEN AS EXPRESSED THEREIN. 1. The happiness you shall have in heaven is light, and sweet as light. (1) Knowledge. (2) Purity. (3) Joy. 2. There shall be no intermission of that happy day and light you shall have in heaven, for there shall be no night there. 3. The light the saints have in heaven is not by such means and instruments as they have it here. 4. The Lord God will give you light immediately from Himself. As the sun is seen by its own light, so will God be known by you in heaven. He will communicate Himself immediately unto you for your joy, happiness, and satisfaction, without means, and be instead of all means; for you shall "behold His face, and be satisfied with His likeness." 5. You shall be made capable in heaven to take in this light from the Lord God to your comfort and satisfaction. 6. Your light of all kinds in heaven shall be full and perfect, your knowledge, your enjoyment, your conformity to His image shall be full and perfect, for it shall be immediately from Himself. 7. Your light from the Lord God in heaven shall be everlasting and endless.Conclusion: 1. Be persuaded, without delay, to enter into that state in which you will get a right to this happiness, be made meet for it, and be actually admitted into it when you die, and at the resurrection of the just. 2. As for you who have a right and title to this happiness, give all diligence to have your right to it made clearer to your knowledge and faith, and kept clear, and to arrive unto the full assurance of the hope of it unto the end. (James Robe, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. |
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