ACC ~ Revelation 21 v3

THE LORD WILL REWARD HIS PEOPLE WITH GLADNESS. APRINGIUS OF BEJA: The Lord gives witness to himself, for the multitude of the saints will become his temple, so that he might dwell with them forever and that he might be their Lord and they might be his people. He himself will take away all weeping and every tear from the eyes of those whom he rewards with eternal gladness and whom he makes bright with perpetual blessedness. TRACTATE ON THE APOCALYPSE 21.3-4.

WE WILL ALWAYS BE WITH THE LORD. OECUMENIUS: He now unveils the symbolism [of Jerusalem as the spiritual destiny of the saints] and says, “Behold, the dwelling of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with them and will be their God.” The apostle indicated this even more clearly when he said, “Then we who are alive, who are left, shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and we shall always be with the Lord.” COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 21.3-5.

THE CHURCH IS THE TYPE OF THE NEW JERUSALEM. ANDREW OF CAESAREA: The saint is instructed from heaven that this is the true dwelling whose type was indicated by Moses, or rather the prefiguration of the type, since the type exists in the church of the present day. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 21.3-4.

GOD WILL BE THE REWARD OF ETERNAL BLISS. BEDE: For the elect, God himself will be the reward of eternal bliss which, since they are possessed by him, they will possess into all eternity. EXPLANATION OF THE APOCALYPSE 21.3.

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