Revelation 7:13-17 “Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, "Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?" (14) And I said to him, "Sir, you know." So he said to me, "These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. (15) Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell among them. (16) They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; (17) for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
One of the aspects about the New Jerusalem, which will make it completely different from the rest of the earth, is its perfect environment. In the above passage of scripture, one of the elders informs us that God will not allow His saints to experience the heat of the sun. By implication, God will also not allow His saints to experience any cold either. God will do that by placing His glory cloud over the entire city. The cloud will cover the city by day and His cloud of fire will cover the city by night. In other words, God will do exactly the same thing that He will do for the saints during our Lord’s millennial reign. For during our Lord’s reign, the Holy Spirit informs us that God will create a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night, as a covering for the assemblies of the saints (Isaiah 4:5-6). And so, whereas the rest of the earth will experience the heat of the sun, the inhabitants of the New Jerusalem will not.
Michael E.B. Maher
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