Haggai 1:1-2:23, Zec 1:1-3:30
“Run, tell that young man, ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the great number of men and livestock in it. 5 And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,’ declares the LORD, ‘and I will be its glory within.’ Zec 2:4-5
Jerusalem and the people of God after the horrors of exile, begin to hear words of hope.
Hope it seems of a wonderful future for the city of God. A city which cannot have walls due to the multitude that are found within it. This incredible hope surely speaks of a future location. A future hope of an incredible multitude:
13Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing:
“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!” Rev 5:13
A multitude that is gathered, is able to praise because of the lamb (Jesus) that had been slain. A multiude waiting for a new city. A remarkable city:
23The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. Rev 21:23
The hope of a wonderful city, soaked by the rays of the glory of God.
Surely, we too should join the chorus of that great multitude:
“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!”
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