21 And I saw a new heaven
and a new earth:
for the first heaven
and the first earth
were passed away;
and there was no more sea.
2 And I John
saw the holy city,
new Jerusalem,
coming down
from God
out of heaven,
prepared as a bride
adorned for her husband.
Revelation 21:1-2 (King James Version)
Jesus is the LAMB of God.
I often wondered who it is they referred to as the "bride" of the Lamb.
Now I know for sure.
9 And there came unto me
one of the seven angels
which had the seven vials
full of the seven last plagues,
and talked with me,
saying, Come hither,
I will shew thee the bride,
the Lamb's wife.
10 And he carried me away
in the spirit
to a great and high mountain,
and shewed me that great city,
the holy Jerusalem,
descending out of heaven
from God,
11 Having the glory of God:
and her light
was like unto a stone
most precious,
even like a jasper stone,
clear as crystal;
12 And had a wall
great and high,
and had twelve gates,
and at the gates
twelve angels,
and names written thereon,
which are the names
of the twelve tribes
of the children
of Israel:
13 On the east
three gates;
on the north
three gates;
on the south
three gates;
and on the west
three gates.
14 And the wall of the city
had twelve foundations,
and in 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 breadth
and the height of it
are equal.
17 And he measured the wall thereof,
an hundred
and forty and four cubits,
according to the measure
of a man, that is,
of the angel.
18 And the building
of the wall of it
was of jasper:
and the city was pure gold,
like unto clear glass.
19 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, sardius;
the seventh, chrysolyte;
the eighth, beryl;
the ninth, a topaz;
the tenth, a chrysoprasus;
the eleventh, a jacinth;
the twelfth, an amethyst.
21 And the twelve gates
were twelve pearls:
every several gate
was of one pearl:
and the street of the city
was pure gold,
as it were
transparent glass.
22 And I saw
no temple therein:
for the Lord God Almighty
and the Lamb
are the temple of it.
23 And the city
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 And the nations of them
which are saved
shall walk
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:
for there shall be no night there.
26 And they shall bring
the glory
and honour
of the nations
into it.
27 And 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
book of life.
Revelation 21:9-27 (King James Version)
