The great city, the holy Jerusalem possessing the glory of God. Rev.21:10 This is the True Zion, the only eternal and everlasting city. The bride of Christ. Rev.21:2 The City that glows with the everlasting presence of the glory of the Lord. No sun, no moon but God and the Lamb are the light thereof. Shining within and without with the beauty and glory of the Lord. Rev.21:23 No other light will ever shine in that city. Light emanates from the Father filling every being, every nook and cranny with the glory of Himself. We shall live forever basking in that glory. His glory will flow through us. Lord haste the day.
THE SANCTUARY TO BE CLEANSED. A sanctifying work to be accomplished in the church of the last days. Isa. 33:14 Fear in the church? Sinners, hypocrites in Zion? The Lord has determined a day of reckoning. Judgment begins in the house of the Lord. 1 Pet. 4:17 If Peter could say, that the time has come, how much more we who live in the day of the perfection of the church. There is much that is offensive in the modern day church. The old landmarks have been removed. It would almost appear that the more outlandish an idea is the more it is received. TV and radio presentations many times leave much to be desired. However, the church is in His hands and the day of change will come. The tares must grow with the wheat.
DWELLING WITH FIRE? Ordinarily one would think of the fire of hell. But, in this case he is speaking of our GOD, WHO IS A CONSUMING FIRE. Heb. 12:29 He shall baptize you with the HOLY GHOST AND FIRE. Mat. 3:11 Indeed, the baptism of the Spirit is more than talking in tongues, there is purifying, sanctifying fire that accompanies that baptism. The fire will purge, it will consume the dross and produce a heart that desires the holiness of the Lord. He fans the fire and utterly consumes the chaff. v.12.
MOUNT SINAI MUST HAVE APPEARED TO BE A VOLCANO. To the children of Israel it looked like the mountain was on fire. The glory of the Lord was manifest on the mountain Ex. 24:16-17. Moses was called up into that glory and spent forty days and nights in that glory until it literally inhabited him. When he descended his face shone with that glory. we need that fire. Heaven is the place of a burning, blazing throne. Dan. 7:9.