Matthew Poole and continuators on Revelation 21:23
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Revelation21:23
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 u.
The Sun and the Moon are the two great Luminaries of the World, which God hath made, the one to rule the Day, the other to rule the Night; in Heaven there will be no need of any of these. Light in Scripture (in its Metaphorical notion) signifies knowledg or com[illegible: 1 letter]ort, there will in Heaven be no need of any created Beings, to help us to either of these; God and Christ shall there fill the Souls of his Saints with Knowledg and Joy not to be expressed.
Marginal references: Isa. 60.19.; Chap. 22.5.
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