resurrection. to gather

them together to bat

that were beheaded h ch. 6. 9. for the witness of i ch. 13. 12. Jesus, and for the k ch. 13. 15, word of God, and which i had not worshipped the beast, neither his image; neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand o ver. 4.

m

ch. 2. 11.

& 21. 8.

n ch. 1. 6. & 5. 10. Is. 61. 6.

1 Pe. 2. 9.

6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in u ver. 8. the first resurrection: x ch. 19. 20. on such the second y ch. 14. 10, death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall a Da. 2. 35. reign with him ab ch. 19. 5. thousand years.

2 Pe. 3. 7. 10, 11.

c Da. 7. 10.

d ch. 3. 5. are

7 And when the thousand years expired, p Satan sball be loosed out of his prison,

8 And shall go out to a deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and

& 13. 8. & 21. 27.

Ps. 69. 28. Da. 12. 1. Ph. 4. 3.

Je. 17. 10.

& 32. 19. Ma. 16. 27. Ro. 2. 6.

9 t And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and y shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

a

11 And I saw great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and a there was found no place for them.

12 And I saw the dead, b small and great, stand before

God; and the books and were opened: another d book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, e according to their works.

The heavenly

the

7.

unto me one of seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talkedt with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. 10 And he carried me away u in spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that z Ez. 48. 31. great city, the holy Jerusalem, descend-a Ez. 48. 31. ing out of heaven from God,

the

11 y Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

y ver. 23. ch. 22. 5. Is. 4. 5. & 60. 19.

34.

Jerusalem.

them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs.

The length and the

Ep. 2. 20. e ch. 11. 1. Ez. 40. 3. Ze. 2.1.

d Is. 54. 11.

and the

ver. 10

12 And had a wall great and high, and emblems had twelve gates, from the and at the gates Bride, the twelve angels, and Lamb's names written there- wife, to the on, which are the salem,' names of the twelve shews, that tribes of the children we should of Israel: only take

holy Jeru

general ideas

13 On the east from them, three gates; on the and not enter north three gates; on minutely inthe south three gates; to particuand on the west three

gates.

lars, in which

there is seldom much 14 And the wall of agreement." the city had twelve See Scott. foundations, and bin

18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.

19 d And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;

20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sar

21 And the twelve gates were twelve h pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

20.

Is. 60.3.5.

11. & 66. 12.

i Is. 60. 11. k ch. 22. 5. 1s. 60. 20.

Ze. 14. 7. 1 ver. 24.

is her iight. honour of the nations into it.

27 And m there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's a book of life.

CHAP. XXII.

1 AND he shewed me a a pure river of

Is. 35. 8. & 52. 1. & 60. 21. Joel 3. 17.

& 13. 8. & 20.12. Ph. 4. 3. a Ez. 47. 1. Ze. 14. 8.

temple therein for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. 23 And the city n ch. 3. 5. had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. 24 h And the na-c ch. 2. 7. tions of them which are saved shall walk d in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into

it.

25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: fork there shall be no night there.

26And they shall bring the glory and

b

i

Jno. 7. 38. cb. 21. 21. Ez. 47. 12.

Ge. 2. 9.

ch. 21. 24.

Lu. 4. 18. 1 Pe. 2. 24.

f

Ze. 14. 11. Ez. 48.35.

Jno. 17.24.

Ma. 5. 8.

h

1 Co.13.12.

1 Jno. 3. 2.

ch. 3. 12. & 14. 1.

ch. 21. 23.

25.

crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 b In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree wered for the healing of the nations.

3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of

God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their forebeads.

5 And there shall