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of the Golden Shore of Love and the Peaceful Sea of
Harmony.
(Revelation's pure zenith)
This heavenly city, lighted by the Sun of Righteousness, - this
New Jerusalem, this infinite All, which to
us seems hidden in the mist of remoteness, -
reached St. John's vision while yet he tabernacled
with mortals.
(The shrine celestial)
In Revelation xxi. 22, further describing this holy city,
the beloved Disciple writes: -
And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty
and the Lamb are the temple of it.
There was no temple, - that is, no material structure
in which to worship God, for He must be worshipped
in spirit and in love. The word temple also
means body. The Revelator was familiar
with Jesus' use of this word, as when Jesus spoke of his
material body as the temple to be temporarily rebuilt
(John ii. 21). What further indication need we of the
real man's incorporeality than this, that John saw
heaven and earth with "no temple [body] therein"?
This kingdom of God "is within you," - is within
reach of man's consciousness here, and the spiritual
idea reveals it. In divine Science, man possesses this
recognition of harmony consciously in proportion to his
understanding of God.
(Divine sense of Deity)
The term Lord, as used in our version of the Old
Testament, is often synonymous with Jehovah, and expresses
the Jewish concept, not yet elevated
to deific apprehension through spiritual
transfiguration. Yet the word gradually approaches a higher
meaning. This human sense of Deity yields to the divine
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