CHAPTER
XXII,
VERSE
22.
431
For
the
Lord
God
“Almighty
and
the
Lamb
are
the
temple
of
1t.””
That
this
is
figurative
language
needs
no
argument,
since
it
will
be
admitted
that
John
did
not
mean
to
say
that
the
Almighty
God
and
the
Son
of
God
were
actually
what
would
be
understood
at
his
day
as
the
temple
of
the
city.
But
what,
then,
shall
we
understand
from
that
clause?
Simply
that
in
that
heavenly
city
there
will
be
no
des-
ignated
place
for
worship,
but
that
wherever
the
glorious
presence
of
the
Father
or
Son
shall
appear,
there
they,
as
the
only
objects
of
worship,
will
ever
receive
homage
and
adoration
from
the
redeemed
multitude
of
that
blessed
city.
And
really
the
recorded
absence
of
a
temple
in
that
future
capital
of
the
New
Earth
seems
indeed
very
appropriate,
for
since
those
typical
services
which
were
carried
on
in
the
old
temple
passed
away
with
that
dispensation,
and
all
mediatorial
work
will
then
be
forever
completed,
what
further
use
would
there
be
for
a
structure,
where
formerly
such
typical
services
had
been
carried
on?
And
since
it
is
revealed
in
holy
writ
that
the
Son
of
God,
yea,
even
the
Almighty
Father,
will
dwell
with
men,
1s
it
nc!
eminently
proper
that
they
should
receive
adc
ration
wherever
their
appearance
should
.
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manifested?
Most
assuredly.