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Revelation 21:24-26

启示录 21:24-26

The Passage

The nations will walk in its light. The kings of the earth bring the glory and honor of the nations into it. Its gates will in no way be shut by day (for there will be no night there), and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it so that they may enter.

In the other language

列国要在城的光里行走；地上的君王必将自己的荣耀归与那城。城门白昼总不关闭，在那里原没有黑夜。人必将列国的荣耀、尊贵归与那城。

Theme

Glory brought in

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Many readers arrive here from a real question. These are reflections for how this passage speaks to the questions people bring most often — not an answer about what will happen, but an invitation to sit with it slowly.

How do I face this season of pressure at work?

Open gates and the honor of nations fill this vision, rather than the closed horizons of a pressured working day. This passage does not address workplace demands directly, but it offers a picture of shared life illuminated by a light the nations receive. Glory and honor are brought into the city; they are not pictured as prizes one nation must keep from another. You need not turn this vision into a prediction about your career to sit with its contrast to rivalry and fear. Your workplace is not the full measure of what deserves honor. Which of your values has this season's pressure pushed out of view?

Carry thisWorkplace competition is not the full measure of what matters.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 1 Corinthians 7:3-4

I want to learn to love better in this relationship.

Open gates and the honor of many nations fill this vision. The passage does not give relationship advice directly, but it offers an image of shared life where what others bring has a place. When you want to love better, you might notice how easily difference becomes something to correct rather than something to receive. The nations bring their glory and honor; their contributions are not described as interchangeable. This vision does not require you to approve every behavior or abandon necessary boundaries. It can invite a more generous attention to the person before you. Which goodness in this person have you overlooked because it does not look like your own?

Carry thisAnother person's goodness need not look like your own.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 1 Corinthians 7:3-4

What do I need to let go of in the coming weeks?

Within this vision, nations walk in light, gates remain open, and glory and honor are brought into the city. It does not tell you what to release in the coming weeks, but it offers a picture of splendor brought into a shared place rather than guarded in isolation. You might notice how readily comparison turns another person's gifts into a threat, or makes your own gifts feel like possessions to defend. The passage leaves room to contemplate honor without rivalry and belonging without closed gates. Could you loosen the need to protect your importance as you consider the gifts others bring?

Carry thisAnother person's gifts do not diminish the gifts I bring.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 1 Corinthians 7:3-4

How can I find stillness in a busy life?

Light, open gates, and the honor of nations fill this vision. It does not directly explain how to find stillness in a crowded day, but it offers a spacious scene for contemplation. People walk in light, and what is honorable is brought into the city. You do not need to turn these images into a prediction about your circumstances. You can simply linger with them, letting your attention rest somewhere beyond the next demand. Notice the contrast between this shared, open scene and the narrowed attention that busyness can bring. Which image here gives you room to pause before returning to your responsibilities?

Carry thisThis vision offers room for attention beyond the next demand.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 1 Corinthians 7:3-4

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Revelation 21 — in context

18The construction of its wall was jasper. The city was pure gold, like pure glass.

19The foundations of the city’s wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;

20the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus; the eleventh, jacinth; and the twelfth, amethyst.

21The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each one of the gates was made of one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

22I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple.

23The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

24The nations will walk in its light. The kings of the earth bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.

25Its gates will in no way be shut by day (for there will be no night there),

26and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it so that they may enter.

27There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

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