a very different kind of nitelife (revelation 21:24-27)

Exegetical Studies in Revelation

This message was preached at New Testament Christian Fellowship in Claremont, NC on July 17, 2022. Its focus is the detailed blueprint of the New Jerusalem, the Lamb’s wife, as unveiled in Revelation 21:10-22:5, particularly the city’s NITELIFE (21:22-27). In the previous message, this nitelife was revealed, quite literally, to be a NIGHTLIGHT (vs. 22-23). Here, we see that it’s not a party. It’s PRAISE & WORSHIP (21:24). It’s actually DAYLIFE, not under cover of darkness (21:25). It’s a SANCTIFIED STREAM, not a sewer pipe of iniquity (21:26). And, it’s definitely not when all the riffraff come out. It’s V.I.P. only (21:27). Only the Church, made up of genuine believers, will be allowed within the city limits, those on the Lamb’s V.I.P. list. Yes, the Lord God and the Lamb do segregate, and they do discriminate. Sadly, if the New Jerusalem were accessible today, nearly all government leaders and workers in Washington, DC would be banned from entry. Nearly all of America’s state government officials would be banned. A great many American citizens would be banned, as would many folks sitting in America’s churches on Sunday mornings, a whole slough of America’s pastors too. Oh how desperately America needs revival in her churches and spiritual awakening in her streets!