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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 21 – The New Jerusalem
between the infinite heights above and the

unfathomable depths below, while the

mansions on either side of the street, having

equal powers of reflection, would marvelously

multiply both palaces and people, and

conspire to render the whole scene novel,

pleasing, beautiful, and grand beyond

conception.

VERSE 22. And I saw no temple therein: for the

Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the

temple of it.

The Living Temple. — With the temple is

connected the idea of sacrifices and a

mediatorial work; but when the city is located

upon the earth, there will be no such work to

be performed. Sacrifices and offerings, and all

mediatorial work based thereon, will be

forever past; hence there will be no need of