Tradition：Protestant
Revelation 21:21
protestant「And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the several gates was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.」
Revelation 2:14
protestant「But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there some that hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.」
Revelation 19:1
protestant「After these things I heard as it were a great voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and power, belong to our God:」
Revelation 6:1
protestant「And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, Come.」
Revelation 15:6
protestant「and there came out from the temple the seven angels that had the seven plagues, arrayed with precious stone, pure and bright, and girt about their breasts with golden girdles.」
Revelation 3:2
protestant「Be thou watchful, and establish the things that remain, which were ready to die: for I have found no works of thine perfected before my God.」
When Jesus tells Philadelphia 'I have placed before you an open door,' how does this connect to the city's missionary history?
Philadelphia as the 'gateway to Asia Minor' and the church's ministry opportunities.
How does the balance in the black horse's hand measure the reality of end-times famine?
A denarius for a measure of wheat, with oil and wine untouched—is this prophetic economics or pure symbol?
What is the source of the New Jerusalem's radiance, and how does it connect to Old Testament imagery?
Walls of jasper, glory like crystal—what is the very substance of this city?
Why are the glory and honor of the nations brought into the New Jerusalem?
Exploring the role of all peoples in the new city and the universality of salvation.
How does the Lamb being the city's light reshape a Protestant understanding of redemption?
No sun or moon needed—the Lamb Himself is the eternal light.
How does the balance in the black horse's hand measure the reality of end-times famine?
A denarius for a measure of wheat, with oil and wine untouched—is this prophetic economics or pure symbol?