God's Eternal Purpose - 5

No Need of sun or moon 

Revelation 21:23

And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine upon it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

First I need to remind you that this city, this bride, coming down out of heaven has absolutely nothing to do with anything created or external, meaning that it is something eternal and spiritual, invisible in its essence. In other words it is revealing spiritual realities that are hidden within Christ from the Father. To not see that is to miss everything.

One way to help you understand what it is that is being revealed here is to go back to the book of Genesis and see the creation happening concerning the sun and the moon. 

So as far as the creation account we need to remember that there was the original light that are the first words we know of that are spoken by God. "Let there be light..." Later on, the sun and the moon, along with the stars are created.
Remind yourself that we are told that creation is revealing and unveiling the invisible attributes of God: his divine nature and power.

I just want to point out that the light created on the first day was different and separate from the sun, moon, and stars. These things were representations of something hidden in God. 

Of course, one of the reasons that we are told that there will on longer be a sun and a moon here, is because the natural is of no consequence in this city, this bride of the Lamb. That is what is being revealed here.

Another way to see this among God's people is to remember where we are told that "all should know Him, from the least to the greatest." This reference to light here, is concerned with this reality.

The sun and the moon represent one that has light contained within, and that light being reflected onto another body. 

Do you see this in the light of the goal of the eternal purpose? God wants to be all in all. He is not interested in so-called special believers having all of the light, and others simply reflecting the light from others. No, the Lord is the lamp: period. 

One of our purposes as a people is to help others to be holders of the light of our Lord, not to be those who encourage others to be dependent upon man.

This doesn't mean that we don't walk together in this, or don't think that we can't learn from one another. Rather, it means that everything we are, must move toward the purpose of God being all in all, not toward an endless dependency, or lightlessness within every one.

Do you see where this is going here? In the heart of God, we exist for Him and one another, so that all of us can know Him intimately, without some type of person that is a go-between. 

Rather we are to encourage and pray for one another that we would learn to walk in deep union with Him together. 

This goes back to Christ being the alpha and omega, the beginning and end. In reference to Him being the lamp of the city, His wife, this is not only the end, but also where we must begin. To start anywhere else, brings us straight out of the heart of God.