Glorification, Resurrection
New Jerusalem is a city “having the glory of God” (Rev. 21:11). The city has no need of natural light nor man-made light for “the glory of God illumined it” (21:23).
In Luke 24:26 the Lord Jesus asked two disciples, “Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter into His glory?” Then in verse 46 He said to others, “Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise up from the dead on the third day.”
Peter spoke the same in Acts 3. “The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His Servant Jesus” (v. 13). “The Author of life you killed, whom God has raised from the dead” (v. 15).
Glorification is identified with resurrection. To be resurrected is to be glorified. New Jerusalem has the glory of God because it is a city in resurrection.
New Jerusalem is constituted with Christ in us, who will be glorified in us (2 Thes. 1:10). That occurs when He brings our mortal bodies into resurrection and manifests His glory through us.
There is nothing natural in New Jerusalem, nothing of the old creation. The city is full of glory and absolutely in resurrection.
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A City in Resurrection
New Jerusalem, a City in Resurrection
Posted by Don on October 11, 2021
