“And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.”
'Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life' - the city's sanctity is absolute; only the redeemed, written in the Lamb's book of life, may dwell there. Impurity, shame, and deception are forever excluded.
Church Fathers on Revelation 21:25
“And the city is placed in a square.” The city which he says is squared, he says also is resplendent with gold and precious stones, and has a sacred street, and a river through the midst of it, and the tree of life on either side, bearing twelve manner of fruits throughout the twelve months; and that the light of the sun is not there, because the Lamb is the light of it; and that its gates were of single pearls; and that there were three gates on each of the four sides, and…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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