ACC ~ Revelation 21 v10

AT THE TIME OF THE KINGDOM. VICTORINUS OF PETOVIUM: At the time of the kingdom and of the first resurrection, the holy city will appear, which, it says, will come down from heaven. It will be foursquare and decorated with jewels of different value, color and kind, and it will be like pure gold, that is, clear and transparent. It says that its street will be paved with crystal and that the river of life will flow through the middle, as do fountains of the waters of life. The tree of life will produce different fruits each month. There will be there no light from the sun, since there will be a more outstanding glory. For it says, the Lamb—that is, God—will be its light. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 21.1.

THROUGH THE SPIRIT THE CHURCH WILL BEAR THE HEAVENLY IMAGE. PRIMASIUS: By the testimony of the Truth this is the “city set on a hill.” Also Isaiah says, “The mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains and shall be raised above the hills.”[Isaiah says this] either because of the height of its righteousness, of which we read, “Your righteousness is like the mountains of God,” or because both the apostles and the prophets are called mountains. However, being more excellent than all others, the Lord Christ towers as a mountain above the heights of mountains, and from his fullness, it says, we receive grace for grace. Fittingly he says [that the city comes] down out of heaven from God, for [the church’s] beauty will then be seen more fully, when through the Spirit, by whom her bridegroom is believed to have been conceived and born, she has merited to bear the heavenly image. Therefore, it is this very bride that is this city. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 21.9-10.

ESTABLISHED ON THE MOUNTAIN, WHICH IS CHRIST. CAESARIUS OF ARLES: By the mountain he refers to Christ. … It is the church, the city established on the mountain, that is the bride of the Lamb. The city is then established on the mountain when on the shoulders of the Shepherdit is called back like a sheep to its own sheepfold. For were the church one and the city coming down from heaven another, there would be two brides, which is simply not possible. He has called this city the “bride” of the Lamb, and therefore it is clear that it is the church itself that is going to be described. EXPOSITION ON THE APOCALYPSE 21.10, HOMILY 19.

THE SEER CONTEMPLATES THE SUBLIME LIFE OF THE SAINTS. ANDREW OF CAESAREA: That he was “carried away in the Spirit” indicates that through the Spirit he was elevated in his mind from earthly things to the contemplation of heavenly realities. The image of the “great mountain” indicates the sublime and transcendent life of the saints, in which the wife of the Lamb, the Jerusalem above, will be made beautiful and glorified by God. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 21.10-11.

THE HOLY CITY WILL FILL THE WHOLE WORLD. BEDE: After the destruction of Babylon, the holy city, which is the bride of the Lamb, is seen located on a mountain. The stone which was cut out of the mountain without hands broke the image of the world’s glory into small pieces, and it grew into a great mountain and filled the whole world. EXPLANATION OF THE APOCALYPSE 21.10.

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