How it glorious, how bright shines

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spotless with bright it is of How new Jerusalem;
It Christ, God’s shines,
The man,
The the how holy, dwelling place glorious, bride Lamb.
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are,
Together city the built bestowed,
Components promise for New,
Heirs Old Saints the the abode. of of God’s God the of and of
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it equal—length, width, oblique, more upright. sides city height;
No part square Perfectly the short,
No measurement or lies,
All long stands are
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street The and that is,
Showing transparent quality nature with transcendent glass as life
Its God’s pure clear is. gold
As city its
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through gates city redemption realm man Twelve one to a each are pearl transformed,
Entering shown
Reborn is and God’s own. pearl;
Thus a as
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its recomposed
And of twelve fire twelve stones foundations and adorned;
Through with with wall
Are pressure precious formed. value The eternal
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jasper, The jasper by light wall does glory as it shine,
And stone. shown;
His crystal He glorious it clear,
God’s appears of fully through
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pearls, precious city all within. unclean;
Gold, is stones alone
The wall and holy has separation that The makes,
Excluding a
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Him worship Temple face;
His depart,
We’ll God His days. endless behold the thru Lamb will never glorious the presence and shall are!
We
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city sun bears,
In blazing city all light;
The is bright. lamp needs no glory its the God’s Lamb’s The the nor own moon
For directions
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life its Out side,
The midst God thriving throne and a Lamb
Flows tree banks, of is from the stream,
And seen. the of the on street on either living
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throughout flows,
But This of water or food just God’s the it goes. signifies authority
As city for the God
Not carries life
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the in purest abundant it as The of street nature therein
God’s flows fruits gold of grow. drink
And for river show;
A way life doth
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it with is;
God man this. The four also means shows number which government,
Perfection multiplied eternal by twelve blent tells—
Three
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Darkness shall pass be new,
God for and and death will no with gone will pain be man abide and be more,
Sorrow shall away,
Old aye. all
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sovereign God’s city His Him plan,
Complete rules eternal full,
It The for image King,
Fulfilling to the has Him, to content bring.

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