saints will constitute the 'pillars.' God will dwell in this Temple, and the world of mankind will approach God in it to receive the Divine blessings, as Israel approached the typical Tabernacle and the Temple in their typical religious services." (Z.'01-199.) "When we think of the Church as the Temple under construction, it impresses upon us the thought that there is a future work to be accomplished. Why construct a Temple, and then not use it? St. Paul says, the Church is God's workmanship. (Ephesians 2:10.) And His work will be so perfectly accomplished that there will be no need of rectification or alteration beyond the veil, beautifully illustrated in the erection of Solomon's Temple, of which we read that its stones were prepared at the quarry and then finally assembled for the construction of the Temple, and that they were so perfectly shaped and marked for their various places that they came together without the sound of a hammer."-Z.'15-189; 2 Cor. 6:16.

And He [will dwell] DWELLETH with them and they shall be His people.-"All mankind will be treated from the standpoint of reconciliation, the Propitiation (price) for the sins of the whole world (1 John 2:2) having been provided at Calvary, and the due time having then come for the manifestation of Divine favor."-Z.'01-200; Psa. 68:18; Ezek. 37:27; Zech. 8:8.

[And] God Himself shall be with them, [and be their God]. "It will be the Kingdom of God, because God's dear Son and His joint-heir, the Church, will be in absolute accord with the Father, and all that shall be done under their control will fully and completely represent the Divine will respecting men. Nevertheless, it will be a separate Kingdom from that of the remainder of the Universe, as the Apostle Paul indicates. (1 Cor. 15:24, 25, 28.)”— Z.'01-200; Jer. 30:22; 31:33; Ezek. 11:20.

21:4. And [God] HE shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. "The wiping away of tears implies a gradual work, such as we see will be the process of that glorious time. Man will not be exempt from every weakness and trial and difficulty at the beginning, but if he will conform to the Laws of the Kingdom, all cause for distress will gradually pass away, as restitution blessings will lift him out of death into life."-Z.'01-200; Isa. 25:8; 65:19.

And there shall be no more death; neither sorrow nor crying SHALL BE.-"What a glorious sun-burst of blessing is in these words! What a grand fulfilment will be there of the Apostle's declaration respecting "Times of Restitution of all things which God hath spoken by the mouth of all the holy Prophets since the world began'! The declaration, however, applies to the very end of the Millennial Age,

and not in full to any previous time in that Age. (John 5:28, 29.)"-Z.'01-200; 1 Cor. 15:26, 54; Rev. 20:14; Isa. 35:10; 51:11; 65:19.

[Neither shall there be any more pain] For the former things are passed away.-The reign of Satan, sin and death will have ended forever. "To gain a place in the earthly phase of the Kingdom of God will be to find the gratification of every desire and ambition of the perfect human heart."-A291.

21:5. And He that sat upon the Throne said, Behold, I make all things new.-"This expression does not relate merely to rocks and trees, etc., but to the great work which our Lord undertook; viz., the regeneration of humanity to the complete perfection contemplated in the original Divine Plan."-Z.'01-201; Rev. 20:11.

And He said unto me, Write: for these words are [true and] faithful, AND TRUE.-"Present conditions seem so contrary to all this grand Restitution outcome that it cannot be fully believed and trusted by any except those who have learned to walk with the Lord. To all others these things will appear untrue, and God will appear unfaithful, and the matters which we are here discussing will seem 'idle tales,' as fables and golden fancies: but to us who be lieve, these promises are precious."-1 Pet. 2:7.

21:6. And He [said] SAITH unto me, [it is done.] I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End.-"It was the Father's good pleasure that the Blessed One, the Only Begotten of the Father, should accomplish the entire program of redemption and restitution; and be forever the Associate and Representative of the Father, through whor and by whom all things should continue, as He was the one through whom all things were made that were made.* -Z.'01-201; Rev. 1:8; 22:13.

I will give unto him that Is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.-"It is this one who, during the Millennial Age, will extend to all the willing and obedient the Water of Life, everlasting life-the privilege of per petual existence. But they must thirst for it, must desire it; and this desire must be manifest in obedience to the terms, the laws, upon which it will be supplied freely."-Z.'01-201; Rev. 22:17; Isa. 55:1; John 7:37.

21:7. He that overcometh shall inherit [all] THESE things. These earthly things.-Acts 3:21.

And I will be his God, and he shall be My son.-"Those addressed are not the Bride class, selected during the Gospel Age, (1 John 3:2) but the sheep class of Matt. 25-such of mankind as during the Millennial Age become the Lord's sheep and obey His voice. They shall inherit the

earth, the purchased possession-which Jesus will restore at the close of the Millennium to all the children of Adam who shall have accepted His gracious favors and been regenerated by Him, and thus become His sons, and He their God-their Father. (Isa. 9:6)"-Z.'01-201; Zech. 8:8; Heb. 8:10; Rom. 8:21.

21:8. But the fearful.-"If any, enlightened by the Truth, and brought to a knowledge of the love of God, and restored to human perfection, become 'fearful,' and 'draw back' (Heb. 10:38, 39), they, with the unbelievers, will be destroyed from among the people. (Acts 3:23.)"-A107.

And unbelieving.-Who will not trust God, after all the marvels of His grace they will have seen and experienced. -Heb. 11:6; Rom. 10:17; John 20:31; John 17:20; 1 Tim. 6:12; Luke 17:5; James 2:17.

And the abominable.-"Those abominable characters among men, who, knowing the truth, yet love unrighteousness."-H60.

And murderers.-Slanderers.-Psa. 141:3; Deut. 5:17; Matt. 5:21, 22; 15:18-20; 1 John 3:15; James 3:2-12; James 4:11; Prov. 4:23, 24; Matt. 12:34-37; Eph. 4:31; Psa. 15:13; 19:14; 34:13; 101:5; Prov. 12:19; 16:28; 17:4; 26:20-21; Jer. 20:10; 1 Cor. 10:10; James 1:19; Deut. 32:2.

And whoremongers.-Not at heart faithful to the Lord. And sorcerers.-Dreamers, theorists, pseudo-philosophers, endeavoring to accredit to themselves the great salvation wrought.-Rev. 22:15.

And idolaters.—“Such as misappropriate and misuse Divine favors, who give to self or any other creature or thing that service and honor which belong to God."-H63.

And all liars.-"All who do not love the Truth and seek it, and at any cost defend and hold it." (H63.) "If something is six inches long, let it be just six inches for six inches."-Z.'12-147.

Shall have their part in the Lake which burneth with fire and brimstone. "The severest punishment inflicted by the Jews upon any criminal. The corpse (after the man had been stoned to death) was thrown out into the Valley of Hinnom (Gay-Hinnom) and was devoured by the worm or the flame."-Weym.

Which is the Second Death.-"Such company would be repulsive to any honest, upright being. It is hard to tolerate them now, but in the close of the Millennial Judg. ment, when the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall have given every advantage and opportunity of knowledge and ability, the righteous will be glad when the corrupters of the earth, and all their work and influence, shall be destroyed."-H63.

21:9. And there came [unto me].-To the John class, the Church, on this side of the veil.

One of the seven angels.-The Seventh.

Which had the seven vials full.-They are still full after they are poured out on ecclesiasticism!

Of the seven last plagues.-The Seven volumes of Stud ies in the Scriptures.

And talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee. See Lu. 4:21.

The Bride, the Lamb's Wife.-"As a grand lesson of the Divine sovereignty, and as a sublime contradiction to all evolution theories, God elected to call to this place of honor (as 'the Bride, the Lamb's Wife and Joint-heir'—Rom. 8:17), not angels and cherubs, but some from among the sinners redeemed by the precious blood of the Lamb. The continued permission of evil is for the purpose of developing these 'members of the Body of Christ' and to furnish them the opportunity of sacrificing their little and redeemed all, in the service of Him who bought them with His precious blood; and thus of developing in their hearts His spiritual likeness, that when, at the end of the Age, they are presented by their Lord and Redeemer before the Father, God may see in them 'the image of His Son.'"-Col. 1:22; Rom. 8:29; E 412, 395; Rev. 19:7; 21:2.

21:10. And he carried me away in the Spirit.-"God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit."-1 Cor. 2:10; Rev. 1:10; 17:3.

To a great and high mountain.-How similar is the language, recording the experience of the first and greatest Member of the Church, at the beginning of His ministry. Concerning the Lord's third temptation we read: "In this temptation the Lord is taken, not physically, but in the spirit of His mind, up into a high mountain-a very exalted kingdom. Physically He was all this time in the desert near Jerusalem; and as a matter of fact there is neither in that desert nor anywhere in the world a mountain from which all the kingdoms of the world could be viewed except with the mind's eye."—Z.'06-43.

And shewed me [that great] THE HOLY City, [The holy] Jerusalem, descending out of Heaven from God. The city came down from Heaven to earth. If we went up to Heaven, it would not be found there. If Rev. 21 is to be literally interpreted, then the whole surface of Palestine is far from sufficient to hold a city of this size. Besides, its height, length and breadth were to be equal.-Rev. 21:2.

21:11. Having the glory [of] FROM God.-The Church has a foretaste of this glory on this side of the veil.-1 Pet. 4:14.