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 hitherto, that the Church of God i8 the Bride of the 
 li»mb, and well kao^n teaohers of the Wwd of God 
 in the present day still hold this view. Chmtians 
 « •ny considerable experience must often have 
 found ^w a supposed truth held by one generation 
 18 hand^ down to the next, for its acoeptance also 
 tod we hai^ onl^ to compare th^ commentaries of 
 the day to seo how one author servilely copies the 
 thoughts and errors of hi. predeoeswr. Sifoh com- 
 mentwries for the mc«t part are misleading to youn« 
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 ^t great key to the knowledge of the meaning oi 
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 stood i)y their writers, and thus i< is th^ morene- 
 oeaaary m these day», when error of every liort is 
 creepmg in, and inmixed up witb real precious truth, 
 ^4» prove alUh n« ", and <' searoh Ihe SoriptrnW 
 FnlJeommenUrieS to see if these things are. so " 
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 fippcar on tho Hurfoc© to hKlicirte thrtt the Chureh 
 or God 18 the Bi-iae ofrthe Lanii^. And these two. 
 only by inference. The one ii> t Corinthians xi. 2, il 
 tiiken with ita context, simply shows that the Apostle 
 wat» exbbytiog the saints to chastity of walky to 
 .tvoid eihtr gosijelB ^ that which was not in accord- 
 ance .with the simplicity and holines* of Chmw, 
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 Tboie i» jio mention in this passage of the 'Bride^ 
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 towards those who have never been in covenant 
 with<iod, as is^ihe case with all Gentileti-^hey 
 who are afar off, «ntil * bioaght nigh ' by the Wood 
 iMphesians ii.)- Bat, as we shall see farther on, the 
 Bnde of the Lamb is not a vir^n, but ^ife^oro^e 
 who is aotually under covenant, as is the case with 
 isiael now, and with whom also a new covenant » 
 yettobemade- This ail«sion to the Church of «od 
 as vimn$y is I think also seen in Bevdatiim xiv. 1-^, 
 although maiiv well known writere mioh taught 
 in, f the Wofd'^ invariably attribute this^wssage of 
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 Isti Iheymee a numbered body ofheaaenfymMii»i 
 qfBte.separate from the 144,000 of chapter yii., who 
 ai-e> miilenaial earthlaf saints. It must bf ^mein- 
 bei^ that the Church of God, beingtheiOk^iJirHffif 
 Christ, must be a, Umited aumber, aii^i« b«|(|anibody 
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 SpheMons v., the other passage of Scripture appar- 
 ently referring to the Bride. In this chapter, lh>m 
 verses 22 to 23, we hUve brought be^e us the 
 mystical union of the hnshand and wife, being one 
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 J^im; Lovi, Umtt, and Subjsotion, are the three 
 special things taught in this chapter, but there is 
 no allusion whatever to the * Bride ' or the * Lamb'. 
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 in John u 29, and Jewish converts in 1 FeUt 1 19. 
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 of the Old and the New Testament Satotto, as apoton 
 of in JBphefiiami'M. "Tbatrimlhe diapenMttioaof 
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 earthly Israel, in Genesis xxviii, 13^15, a Bceiie to 
 take place when God makes good His proroines to 
 Jacob (as God of Abraham and Isaac), reiterated in 
 in ^S*'?^^ ^^"^ *«*»'' referred to in Hosea ii. 19, 
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 marriage of the Lamh; the betrothal is in righteauih 
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 blessings when all curse is removed (lievelationxxU. 
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 never jet been ftilfilled/ "^ > ^^ < ^' - 
 
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 on as actually the caae in the New Jerusalem, the 
 
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 cal of Christ and the Bride. This is true where the 
 Bride 18 con;?idered to be Israel, but if the Bride is 
 considered to be the Church, it is a fals^ parallel 
 altogether. Eve was not^e body of Adam, but 
 
 the Body of Christ, not of the Body of Christ, and 
 «o cannot be typitied by five in this sense. And if' 
 ^ve were the Church, where do God's people of 
 Bi^Ik !iP''*^^ Tliey are quite put outof sight. 
 
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 to^its Head Christ^the second Adam-then Eve as 
 
 ^thered together m one, * both which are in heaven 
 (those gone before), and which are on earth ' (the 
 
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 referred to farther on). 
 
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 (ling feast had been prepared } how the Bridegraora ■ ^ 
 was waiting, but Israel, the ah-eady divorced wife, 
 would not return, but made excuses. It must be 
 observed here that the word ** wedding" in our 
 auth^nzed version should be translated, " bride- 
 chamber (see Tregelles' text). There was no wed- 
 ding then, and bore ^e see who vl-ere to be called 
 in Iw guestH (nptas the bride); those who were in 
 the highways, outside the city of Israel, and covenants 
 of God, or the Gentiles. The time of this occur- 
 rence is after the judgment ^of Zion, or the Great 
 Tribulation, as seen in verse 7, not dur/ng this dis- 
 nensation of Grace. These guests ar^ further allu- 
 ded to as a sepamte class in Mevelation xix. 9* as 
 those "called to the marriage supper of the Lamb", 
 and if ^e may derive any light from the marriage 
 customs of Eastern nations, the gueats Twav be 
 further alluded to in the virgins of Matthew xxv. 
 1; and also they may refer to the Ten Tribes of Israel, 
 some of whom will, and some will not, turn from 
 the "transgression of Jacob" (see Isaiah lix. 20, 
 21, mdEzekielKz.?^!, 38), and who have not atthii 
 iieriod yet returned to the land of Israel, so ai*e still 
 outside the city in the highways of the world.and 
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 This passage in Matthew xxii. could not in any 
 way apply to the Church of God, for this was as 
 yet aindden mystery, and not tnaie known tq other 
 agea/iior revealed for. many years after by the 
 Ap^lePanl (see JE'/>Aesmiwiii.|5^ 9). For this reason 
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 ^bis dia^ 
 ler allu- 
 x. 9^ as 
 Lamb", 
 larriage ^ 
 may be 
 etc XXV. 
 f Israel, 
 rn from 
 
 Ux. 20, 
 >tattbi.i 
 »ai*e still 
 rrld,/and 
 
 ; in any 
 rwas as 
 tq other 
 by the 
 is reason 
 apply to 
 jT to the 
 
 / 
 
 ■."■"■.■■.■ ,'/■-"* 
 
 the Lamb is come, and his \Vipe hath made herself 
 ready . This is an expression that would be qulto 
 inooiTOct to use towaixis the Church of God : we are 
 rmdy, and perfected in Him now ( Hebrews x. 14) 
 We are ctoan every whit (John xiii. 10), and pursued,' 
 having n6 more conscience of sins (Hebretcs x. ^V 
 ^mansYui.l) ; justified from all things (AcUxiUi 
 ^3), and complete in Him (Colossians ii. 10). If 
 
 . this be so, have we aught to make ready? Heife 
 coinijig for us, and then our bodies will be fkBhlM 
 Mm^ to Jlis glorious body (Philipnians iil. 20, 21), ^ 
 but though this last 'clothing upon^ is to take place/ 
 as respects our bodies, we know that God even note 
 sees us seated with Christ in the heavenlies fEphe- 
 
 . sians 11. e); and we have therefore nothing to make 
 realty. But the Jews hav5 much to make ready, 
 and have 3-et t:» l)C pat into the ** melting pot" *<sf 
 
 I^his ifearfbLord^al is spoken of in Mattheto iii. 11 
 ^ the baptism of fire, and as Jacob's trouble iir 
 Jetemahxxx. l^n, where the judgment on tliena- 
 tions w foretold, ahd which is given in greater de- 
 tail in the Book of Revelation, as the great tribu- 
 lation that is to come upon the earth. It is at the 
 termination of this period thmheJe^mWX *'be tmde 
 
 Tl'y\ ^^^^'^ ex. 3)^0 enquii-e of the Lord 
 {H^zekiel xxxvi. 37), and then the vail will be taken 
 away (2 Ci?rm^Azaw« iii. 16) ; a;id when the woeful 
 cry of the Jew ascends, it receives an immcidiate 
 answer m the coming of the Lord personally in iudg- 
 mentiiijon the nations, and the restoiiition of Israel, 
 bee WA hx. 10-21, and the succeeding chapters, 
 ^l^olThessal(miahsl'J,9. - " s pt«-, 
 
 It is at fA?« time that the virgins are seen td i^o 
 out to meet the BrUi^^ocm in Jlim^iu^t^A. 
 in© word f^«n is specially Emphatic ifr tj^^r^k 
 
 (f' 
 
h^^ 
 
 ^yf 
 
 ^ ..■>• 
 
 text, flfi havinff a direct alluBion to the preceding 
 chapter, which speaks of the Lord's coming injudg* 
 ment. The virgins thttS go out to meet the Bride- 
 groom, while as regards the Church of 0od it is the 
 opposite thatjaccurs, for He comes for us, descending 
 to catch us up to Himself (1 ThessciUmiona iv, 16). 
 This going out to-m*eet Him, the Bridegroom, takes 
 place affer the great tribulation, as see Matthew 
 xxiv. 29, etc. : now the wicked are t^ken from the 
 juist (veme 40), or the remnant of the nations left 
 atter the judgment of the quick ; these are left on 
 -the earth for the millennial kingdom (^Bevelation 
 vii. 9) ; this severance is mentioned also in Matthew^ 
 xiii. 49. The Church of God hfMi long before this 
 been taken up from the earth to be with the Lord, 
 and glorified (see Bevelation iii. 10), which occurs 
 before the great "spueing out" judgment of tbS 
 Lord in verse 16, of the pi^)fes8ing and so-called 
 Christian nations. This truth is also Seen by com- 
 paring 2 TAessofoniarw ii. 7, 8, and Bevetation :4}' 
 9-13. The present hindering power on earth is the 
 Holy Spirit preventing the development of the 
 Antichrist; when the Church of God is taken up, 
 the Spirit who indwells that Churph goes also, th0re 
 is then no hindrance to the devil's power on earth, 
 and he is cast Out into the earth to have all power 
 for a " short time " (fievdiMion xii. 9, 12), culminatr 
 ing in the rank idolatry of the Antichrist (Bevelf- 
 
 fionxiii.). ^^ « , ^ 
 
 Again, it is important to notice in Bevemton 
 xix. T, that it is THE WIPE that makes herself 
 ready ; not an unmarried virgin, but one who has 
 already been under covenant, and who is to become, 
 and be iseen in, a new character as a Bride, a ^ame 
 not before given to JtsraeL Is npt this alluded to 
 in 7«aiaA ixM \ where the Lord says to l«^K 
 "And thou sbait he called by anewname "? Then 
 immediately afterwardSj inveri^^^J^Xipird speaks 
 
 -^r- ^ ^ ^ ^ — ^ ^ 
 
 I" ■• - 
 
/• 
 
 eceding 
 iniadg^ 
 ) Bride- 
 it is the 
 oending 
 iv. 16). 
 n, takea 
 Matthem 
 rom the 
 end left 
 left on 
 relation 
 Matthew^ 
 ^ore this 
 le Lord, 
 1 occurtt 
 t of tbg 
 30-calied 
 by coitt- 
 ftofi xjii. 
 ih idlthe 
 '^f the 
 iken up, 
 so, there 
 »n earth, 
 I power 
 alminat- 
 (MeveUjL- 
 
 evelation 
 I herself 
 who has 
 become, 
 , a name 
 luded to 
 Israel, 
 •? Then 
 dspea^ 
 
 •■■^■j;. ■■',■■•, ■■'••■■■ ' ■ 11- •. - , -■ . ■" •: ■ 
 
 ?t ^^*. Wjcing over Israel as the Bridegroom over 
 the Bnde 1 1 (see also Imiah Ixi. 10), This is anoth- 
 SJ *>.AV ^l'^®^ covenant (for which see Jeremiah xxxi. 
 <SMO) far more blessed than the old. We have 
 only to^read JeremiaTi ilL 8, to see that Israel Is the 
 ^<»iced wife, and in Moaea ii. we see that she is to 
 qe allured into the wilderness (vem 14) ;- this m 
 ajso spoken of in Revelation xii.,. where she flies to 
 the wUderness during the time of the "great tribu- 
 lation, where the i* remnant " is preserved ; this is 
 ^he^«' valley of Achor", the time of * Jacob's trou- 
 ^le , and the «* dooi- of hope ", for Zion is to be re- 
 ^eeme<^ by judgment. So again we see her coming 
 up out of the wilderness, in the Song of SoUmSi 
 
 ^h ^^'^ **'" ^T*5 '* ^^ i^^g^^^t has passed, 
 ^d the -ram "of God's wi-ath is over, see chapt^ 
 
 I; I'La \ r K*^® of smging is now come (not 
 6f birds) ; Israel is " made to sing there as in the 
 djys of her youth "(J2os6aii. 16), and the "voice 
 • of the turtle IS heard in our land ". Israel is the 
 turtle dove of God, see Psalm Ixxiv. 19 (it is not 
 theHolv Spirit mentioned here, as many Ohris- 
 tians^take it) ; her eyes are referred to a$ « dovew ' 
 eyes m verse IS of the first chapter ; " our land " 
 w also very expressive of thaf hmd of promise so 
 lon^ ago given to Abraham and hid seed. In ex- 
 aminmg tie ^i>ii^ (?/ ;8i>&>»k)ii, it win^^ seen how 
 inseparobly It is connected with Israel: the whole 
 scenery 18 Jewish, and in the City of Jerusalem 
 also, and Its joys ^re depicted as appealing to the 
 senses, that pei-taining^to earth, without the sliffht- 
 est^re^rence to the Churoh of God in this diswn^ 
 sation, except as r^ards Clbrist, the spouseT^/il^ifw. 
 i^>^ ^I'^'^^r^ identifying it ^ figa Body the 
 Ohurohjin mystical union (cAopicriv. 10-12). I 
 
 ,j^ff^^^^^^^ tihat, to ' 
 
 i^^X^J''^*^® ^^V""^ been purged in the fire 
 anil wilderness elcperienee, is to eiril&e Loixi "Ishi ' 
 
 ^ 
 
K(f- 'li.' ' 
 
 / 
 
 :■•;-: V ■ -■ ... II;- ■ ■ .■ . ^ /■ 
 
 or inf €H^band, and in verm 19, 2d, the betrothal of 
 this wife, who had been divorced but ^ho had now 
 returned and been purified, 19 repeated three time^ 
 over. How entirely does this accord with the ek- 
 ^te»6\oii"mBevelatlonMX.'J : " The wif ehUh made 
 herself ready.*' Then her clothing is oi "fine 
 lineti ", and this is the " righteousness of Saints *\. 
 I^ there not a distinction also here to be noticcyd, 
 inasmu^jh as the term used by the Holy Spirit 
 towai-ds the .Church of God is always the "righte- 
 - ousnedS of God " (2 Cormthians v. 21, etc.) It is th0_ 
 earthty T4rael i^pokm of by Daniel, y\1 27, sa Saints . 
 of the jyiost aigh, who possed^ the "kingdom MmZ^r 
 the whole heaven ". Bo not we, the heavenly Israel, 
 possess the kingdoni that is above, "not of this 
 world "? (Jo/m xviii. 36). It is worthy of remark 
 al$o, that the Greek word used for < righteousness of 
 ^^ints' i^ ditferent fiom that u.^ed for the 'righteous- 
 ness of God', and it should be tran!*lated /f A^ ri^Afeows- 
 <fceife Of saints ', pointing;.distinctly to that bf Israel, 
 
 wh<^ worked out a righteousness under the Law, and , 
 liot to that or the Church, under grace, where God's 
 righteousneis had been Worked out for us in Christ. 
 Again, inliTosea ii. 15, is the promise, "lA^'ill give 
 h^rhfer'vin^yards from thence". If we- look at 
 Johnil 9, 10, we 'see that the first miracle perfoi-m- 
 ed by the Lord was to make \vine, and this last new 
 wine of the feast was the best. In Matthew xxvi. 
 t^,we see the last act of our Lord in feUowship 
 w^ith His disciples was drinking wihe, with th6 |>fO- 
 mise that iat fthat day '' (the day of Israel's rest^iif 
 tion) He 'wild driak it new with tjhem in TO 
 Fkher'il KitWi^m.* Does not this ac(|oM#itft 
 IHzem x^H. n, ^tc, 1 wfll •« do bettei!^ uirtb^bif 
 
 * f he^^Mii^tfM *««l»r«ek iw»^ man's •• Oood Teniipliiym" 
 imd "'gfwrtyHi'^^-**^^^^ ^pg retomumr the Jaek Oodroqwo^ 
 Hin il^dfiijrfl^. % iijBW;!^^ alwye, bmyinj^: t^e f^^ 
 
 .^^ . 
 
 r 
 
-■^ 
 
 \al6t 
 
 I now 
 
 ek- 
 mado 
 "fine 
 mf«". 
 tictyd; 
 Spirit 
 ighte- 
 is th0 
 Saints ; 
 under 
 [arael, 
 f this 
 sniark 
 nessi^f 
 iteous- 
 hteous- 
 Urael, 
 w, and 
 .{Jod'A 
 
 ::5hri^t. 
 
 II give 
 )0k at 
 rfom- 
 
 xxvi. 
 )Ws»hij) 
 
 estdlrtl- 
 
 IS . ;. • ^.. ' 
 
 than atyonr beginnings "? Wiltiiiot this last «wine 
 drinking be ipor© blessed for Israel then anythinie 
 she has yet experienced? The old divorced with 
 re<Jeived back, the vail removed, the purging com- 
 pleted, and now she enters a new covenant, and is 
 ejrer^after to be seen as a Bhidb, with all the h^dal 
 joy, beauty, and songs of rejoicing, the burden of 
 80 many of the P.salnis. Israel's shame is remem- 
 bered no more (see /»<waA liv. 4, 5, 6), and God 
 proves His/«iithfulness and shows hqw they have 
 been loved>ith an everlasting love (Jeremiah xxxi; 
 3 , ^ of Sohrmm in. II). Abraham looked for 
 0. ciTY^(Jiebretps xi. 10), but the Church of God 
 looks for The Hope which is the' coming oi their 
 ^i-d, for them (T*Yt/« ii. 13), CHB^ST HIiSeLF. 
 Ijow ditferent, and yet how blessed is both, for iii 
 that city the Lord Himself is the light of it. 
 i, Looking at the description of the Heavenly Jorur 
 salem in Beoelatm xxu, there are points of detail 
 in it not at all applicable to the Church of God 
 alone. The Holy city, « the Bride ", is sun-ounded 
 by a wall great and high ; it has twelve' gates, the 
 names of the twelve tribes of Israel on them Is 
 not this description wholly Jewish, and qaite alieo 
 to fcheChurchof God? We have no gates, or tribes, 
 or high walls, for under the dispensation in which 
 Vwe^are gathered out, the "middle wall of partition 
 IS broken down " (^j>Ae8<V?«d ii. 14). How can this 
 city be applied solely to the Church of God, with 
 any propriety whatever ? But in iookiiig to Old 
 JJestamont prophecies, we do see t^iiM; Isi^l is to be 
 restored to a place of separation A'roi^ the nations' 
 of the, world /or €oer, and to be head over them^also 
 
 xxxi, 36*40; Jdai«* Ix. 12, eUJ,; Zechariuhxw.l^Uh 
 
 Bat while this picture of tbeaoiy cityvs^fetns id 
 
 a|J^ly so entii^ly td Isrj^l, yetthe^ligfire^ maybe 
 
 Bde»iit <io contain touch deeper tmilfa^^ ^ 'jtt^p#! 
 
 
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 gtott^ \ itidic^i^ ifc iii<*^<5^ tha^exoeeding glory 
 mdibe wall being of jasper, ahowing how tEe Vcou- 
 Bttmitfg fire ' of that glory would Be an effectnal 
 barriOT to any thing of evil, should it be possible foi^ 
 fiuoh to attempt to effect an entrance It is the 
 intensity of th^ gloiry of Christ thai des^ys the 
 Antichrist in 2. ThessaUmam ii. 8, and also the wick- 
 ed in 2 Theasabnians i. 8. The twelve gates, and 
 the names of the tribes of Israel written thereoji 
 may show that entrance into that city must &e 
 thiiugh Israel, the peonle of God, by virtue of the 
 BTomwes given to Abraham of old {Oenms xii. 3). 
 - iThe proportions of the city the same as those of 
 the^ttofy ^ Holies in the Tabernacle, perfection c^ 
 strength and symmetry ; the length, breadth, and 
 heiirh^ equal ; the twelve foundations showing how 
 firmly the city was based on the Book, CHMSt, and 
 His atoning work of Kedemptlon ; the names of 
 the twelve Apostles of the Lamb showing that such 
 foundations were referable to theb testimony of the 
 Death and Besurrection of Christ, of which they 
 were witnesses {Bphesians ii. 20); while the preciou? 
 stones garnishing thism surely symbolize all the 
 beauteSos perfections of the Divine as well as the 
 human nature and character; the . humihation and 
 . exaltation of Htm who became obedient.unto death, 
 despising the shame in order to bestow upon rul^ 
 ed Souls all the blessings and riches of eternal lift 
 and joy, and who is now ex%lted above every natnle. 
 Th/streets 6f pitfe gold and toinsi^i-ent glass 
 dearly show tl» Divine holiness and purity of everj^- 
 
 thing there. ■ , ^, 
 
 •The new heavens and new eai'th spoken <rf^ tn 
 vme 1, which is s^tttbdlical of thfe P*>wer of rUkand 
 ^tk the earthpe ffm^ ii; 21, 22), wWch will 
 
 be # wh<^ir »ft^«d v *^ ^ir»: ^ f^^' 
 
 'ky. 
 
 ^fajotrnte 
 
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 v^.- 
 
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 ^Uk ii tvpf M ly tli» IrtMrd M iefmmt^, 
 iis<Ml [||^i«>ljK> ill that ii^ ikm^ K. 
 
 ' lilies of oMlbsioii ' faav^iMyMo^^ Bbiy^ 
 Ja^ Infilled ¥Hth'i9totfM «>f^^mptiiM«s' Kk« Jibm^ 
 IN Thatfh0Me!i:pNMBioiil8ftro|Mii^y85rniM^ 
 be fleen feywftomHf to MevelaHtm vUlt-^H, wh 
 it 18 infpossihle to rettd thenl in aajr other e6 
 He9^4atim ts til book of symbols ;^ *Ui6^ ih 
 XX. 11) beatcm and' oarth again '< fee avNty^ 
 
 roiflfn of Gbrist in righteonsneito, aild 00 n^« , 
 
 of Jid«tient, fe sapeiMded^ i)y tbar bl^siKl 
 etotiial Mijm of l^e Father iniy^eetLOin^^^ Bedw.. 
 fiion; >aM€hHae aa Bedeemer, is nb'loiigc^ lieedw; 
 i^ Bea^ aiild Hades are for i^Ver Jta«ig«wl atid oibl 
 into the Li^e of ^re ri OoHnihia^ltr: 2*^28). 
 
 ^hn iioitrs^es tlie Hea^nly J^im^i^4is^^ 
 mgtirctmhimen, and speaks of Whatl^^s!)^^ if^ 
 aboat t(|pliappen on the earth/ Hii» Miftand^itiTi^ 6a 
 ealr%h looking upwards, and li^tentAar to the V^oe'^ 
 €tocH in t7er#0 8^ God ift gblng to ifttoi^ amott^i^^ 
 niany nations «re nowjotned to th^Lbtd, but kiNt^f' 
 kmtk^ ^laoe of privilege (J«A^'i±^ii.i&; Aiid 
 
 xiai. 7fi5jfcA«^Aii. 11^ i2wd^^ tAri6)r iiif 
 
 tKoue |MSMjB;«fii^nt to this p^idd of titee:i>iit^^ 
 i»# have tho samo truth aM itfrittoik ft;i'/|kttViX'ik^; t 
 llHmitt^^no moro delth of the|>^'e df 6^d!tt]4tti^ 
 l^>4IiHedati«i]ai^vei7 oM^JiitMm Mbi^tmiim 
 (IkiM /ltt^21), aild thei^feed on' Oriall^ of 11^ 
 Thto fli*At i*ftite^«<)ii, ^ wftUr 
 
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 la chaifUr itvu wre not conaeouti ve* Tlie ftrst eign J 
 verwrSfiAe cbiipteir, ftnd t^e ^^Y^\'^\''ff^\f. 
 dmtsr xxiU, refer only to^themiU^mal state, and 
 thiTnew e«rt/^y city of Jepu^alem i ♦ wM^ the i-eat of 
 the veP8«i in'ChapUr ^xl refeir entirely to the new 
 imd beav^nhr city, " the3ri<lo." In chapter xxiuU 
 seep a river of water proceeding ffeom the Throne 
 of ^ and the Lamb; thia throng is aeen to be m 
 earthly Jenisalem (J^remiaAiii. 11), the river* 
 coom is seen in ^ecA<w«aA xiv. 8, <» the east ami 
 vSIv* i-iviNO WATIBS*'. On this ri wis ^ tree of 
 m necessitty for the righteous duinng the Mallenn^ 
 age, as in the days of Adam in |Wen ; this trttth is 
 mro felly showatndeti^U,in^«ef«€Wvii, 12, where 
 the desonptibn of its fruits^nd leaves, etc-, ij identir 
 cal with jfc;«teft*o» Txii* In. this passage the riyw 
 proceeds from the Tempjle, which ^woves it to be the 
 Mrthbi city; the description of this Temple wd ito 
 aaoriioes is given f^ly mmchaptmsl, to xlviu But 
 inthe ieavenly city thpre is no temj^^CMemitfm 
 ^ 22), Wlien* John' givesadetaileddesc^tiou 
 0?Sie heavenly citwhe is carried ftom his former 
 Ataadpwt cm^arth, by 1*^ spUrit^ to an eo^^ 
 higkmmifi^ This isj^sugK^stiye thatthiaei^ 
 ^abo^^jtl»€«^tj^<?i^ intWair.rWd wilho^ 
 ' to thet^f^^he e»ce<(iwv^y Wgb monntwn^ 
 It BQtjhave/ir een what h« prnte <^HHit iit.^ Its 
 rij|t^<ah^»its^ spiri^nfttUJBe; iteformofou*- 
 
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 V. 
 
 ".'K 
 
 H 
 
 Meih 0«w If^Ienffth, brwwfth, and 'heifht, Mtift 
 ^ti)if,ai^6<m<|{tk)bs uppoMibFp with ftn etHhl^ oity^ 
 
 There t«li6mentionofftn3^ BytnbblfiJ tti» city thttt 
 W«pl0dal1y ipplicabl^to the dbnrd/bf God. Batthid 
 fttct is to be notioed, that in the hea(*^ii!y 6hy thert'W 
 no Temple. * The glory of God knd the lAmb f « th« 
 Hght thereby U therenotacAtwtofbf thi«f Bo^ 
 not see in Mphesians 1i. 21, that the Church—the 
 Body of ChrlMt— is the Temple fitly fVamed together 
 for an habitatlort of God through the Spirit? W 
 w^ not here see that the Ohtirch, as one with GoJI, 
 * the Temple of the Holy Ghost' and *of the;Liviii3 
 G^od 'fbrms the very centre of blessednefce and light 
 of the t^ew Jemrialem, while i^i thie varied aintt^triib 
 in^clei^, Abd each ih their placd, relatibiship, i^d 
 oitJer, the variorts cortiparii^ of the^Wtesstod, i 
 spokei^offtipm-rtf^^Sn jy(f«-«c»xii.22-^,w111be ranj 
 ed h^ii were, aroand^-a beatitifhlly cofrij^HCM, W 
 HOt ^h 'Hmaigamated testimony or Saintif f -* • ^ ** 
 
 The=g*t^ of both cities are always <>p^-:i^pe^ 
 ftect gi-ace and freedom— and the glory df Qod is 
 mated to be the light of the heavenly city, to tho 
 wirtWy dl^r the Loid.only gipeg light Jf^^^erxxit. 
 6). Isnot thilither€/?«rtiV>iiof the gloi^f ccbiing frbpi 
 thseteav^ly city above ? Thqs thi*r© is no moi^ 
 hfght Jto i8Lft|K)keW of in MevehH&jn *xfi;5; The gh^ 
 Of the9aitttsenri6h the fearth with ailoiysevenibH 
 «hatof thfe«tin (A<ttM*xx.26); bnt/e!rte^alem 
 ble8S^icentr^oftheWholieeiirth,t6'#lifehaM patiooi 
 «^ t6^66iite, bringing theiY gloiy ' ted ho*«>iri' S& 
 it^aildto 1«x)rthfb the King;, th J LoM of BiJistA 
 /J»etA<iH«A±iv; 16).^' " •**^« ^;i«*ir«fuiiiai;j«j^ ;!>a 
 
 -^ The Opert gates ^Tifh^^'ii^^'^jB^ 
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promiaM pf God lo Jacob, mnd wftoh i» iwwd 
 oar Loti » iMm I 51, m **«:e*t«r ihipw 
 tliMi thMO," tliiii0i which •hall take place whei;i ne 
 fi^^ io ^igfi OP the earth. Thw apecial meanaof 
 iAtoroompipnicaition of the oitiea nhows the conatopt 
 ia^eMOprae between the Heavenly and earthly por- 
 5«a9 of the Bride, poenible then, when the devil po 
 Inpicer haa power on earth, and wbenChriet reigna, 
 anlall onne i§ removed ; bat not poem We now bo-' 
 tiiipen the Heavenly and earthly portiona of th^ 
 CSmrohlil thja time of ain in thetvalley of the shadow 
 of d^tb* 80 •l^o inay thja ladder of the viaion flgare 
 
 aiaoihewfty of translation of the membera. of the 
 earOily IJBFao* ap to that of the Heavenly portion, a 
 flwijpoaaiWy referred to in Luke xiv. 8rI0, a ^t 
 ihMiSriomU nece«»ry where thepe ia no death to 
 SS»S|ihtoo«a larael, for this e^ havipgalimitof 
 •pMS^SwPot contain an anUmHed number of Im 
 - ■ L iQver increaaing upon it y in a thouaand yeara 
 ««vVwl4 hardly be atandiog-room fof people. 
 VhSatkAnabktipn may be referred to in J?«<b^^^^^ 
 where m4^ body of » prio8t;s fltmUy is mi^one4* 
 l)iiaoanku>t be death in oar aenae of the wora, aipc^ 
 *4eath ia awpllowed up in victory," and a>l tern ar? 
 Wiped nway (ZwioA xxv. 8), jind the f?»t aiij laat 
 namoction ofSainta ha8nowpaw»4i blitj^jnay 
 wMii^ tW^ion. where the wl«tm«^y^be wen 
 mlbehiiKharfll^ heavenly ]Krt»l, W l»dy 
 
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