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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 21 – The New Jerusalem
foursquare, and having a north side, a south

side, an east side, and a west side. It would be

absurd to speak of the church as having a wall

great and high, and having twelve gates, three

on each side toward the four points of the

compass. Indeed, the whole description of the

city which is given in this chapter would be

more or less an absurdity if applied to the

church.

Again: Paul, to the Galatians, speaks of the

same city, and says that it is the mother of us

all, referring to the church. The church, then,

is not the city itself, but the children of the city.

And verse 24 of the chapter under comment,

speaks of the nations of the saved, who walk

in the light of this city. These nations, who are

the saved, and on earth constitute the church,

are distinct from the city, in the light of which