REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Forty Three - A City of Light

 In Solomon's time, Jerusalem was dominated by a temple  built at the city's highest eleveation on Mount Moriah to the north. But what of New Jerusalem? John says: "And I did not see a temple in it, for Jehovah God the Almighty is its temple. also the Lamb is. And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon to shine  upon it, for the glory of God lighted it up, and its lamp was the Lamb." (Revelation 21:22, 23)  In truth, there is no need  to construct a literal temple here. The ancient Jewish temple was just a pattern, and the reality of that pattern, the great spiritual temple, has existed since Jehovah anointed Jesus as High Priest in 29 C.E.  (Matthew 3:16, 17; Hebrews 9:11. 12, 23, 24. ) A temple also presupposes a priestly class offering sacrifices to Jehovah on behalf of the people. But all those who are part of New Jerusalem are priests.  (Revelation 20:6)  And the great sacrfice, Jesus' perfect human life, has been offered once for all time. (Hebrews 9:27, 28) Moreover, Jehovah is personally accessible  to everyone living in the city. 

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