No More Night (Rev. 21:25-27)

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR

12/01/2005

My Worship Time                  Focus:  No More Night

Bible Reading & Meditation             Reference:  Revelation 21:25-27

            Message of the verse:  “25  Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night there).  26  And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it.

27  But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

            As John continues with his description of the New Jerusalem he reveals that there will be no night, and that because there is no night the gates will always be opened.  There are times in the Scriptures when night refers to sin, for there are many sins that are done in the cover of darkness, and Jesus is the Light of the world and light will always reveal sin, and because there is no sin in the New Jerusalem there will not be any night.

            John goes on in verse 27 to reveal that there will be no one in the New Jerusalem whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of Life, therefore only those who have accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord will be there. 

            In verse 26 John writes about those who live outside the city, and says that they shall bring glory and honor of the nations into it.  This shows that there will be people in eternity who are not living in the New Jerusalem, but on the new earth, but I am not sure who will live where.  Some that I have read have think that it will only be those who are part of the Church will live in the New Jerusalem, and this could be true, but again I am not sure about this.

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  These verses that describe what eternity will be like are not pie in the sky religion, but they are what gives me as a believer that there is more to life that what it is on this earth that I am living in at this time.  There are trials and struggles that I must face here as a believer in Jesus Christ, but He is the One who is in control of my life, and I need to yield everything to Him and trust His with everything that He has given to me.  Paul writes to Titus about the hope of the believe, and that is the return of the Lord Jesus Christ to this earth, and this is part of that hope, the things described in these verses about the New Jerusalem.

The Word of God has been a hopeful refreshment to my soul as I read and studied it this morning.