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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 21 – The New Jerusalem
they walk. It follows that the city is a literal

city, built of all the precious materials here

described.

But how can it then be the bride, the Lamb’s

wife? Answer: Inspiration has seen fit to speak

of it under this figure, and with every believer

in the Bible, that should be sufficient. The

figure is first introduced in Isaiah 54. The

new-covenant city is there brought to view. It

is represented as being desolate while the old

covenant was in force, and the Lord’s care was

confined to the Jews and old Jerusalem; but it

is said to her that “the children of the desolate”

shall be many more than “the children of the

married wife.” It is further said to her, “Thy

Maker is thy husband;” and the closing

promise of the Lord to this city, contains a

very similar description to the one which we