"For the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light
thereof." Mark, though now there shall be no need of temple, sun, or
moon, yet Christ the Lamb, or the man who was offered in sacrifice
for our redemption, shall be of use and benefit; "for the glory of
God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof." Wherefore,
all that we who are the saved shall enjoy of glory and sweetness in
another world, though we shall not enjoy it from God through Christ
by and in the ordinances, yet we shall enjoy it through Christ the
Lamb without them; for "the Lamb is the light of it."
By this word Lamb he would have us understand, that when we are in
glory, the blood, death, and bloody conquest that the man Christ did
get over our infernal enemies, will be of eternal use to us; because
that benefit of Christ shall not only for ever be the foundation of
our eternal felicity, but the burden of our song of glory in all our
raptures among the angels. It will he the blood, the blood, the
redeeming blood of the Lamb. "Blessing, and honor, and glory, and
power be unto him that sits upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, for
ever and ever." It is he in whom will be found the seven eyes, the
seven Spirits of God; in whose light we shall see the heights and
depths of those springs and everlasting fountains and depths of
glory for ever. And indeed the conceit of the contrary is foolish.
Is not Christ the head, and we the members? And do not the members
receive their whole light, guidance, and wisdom from it? Is not he
also the price, the ground, and bottom of our happiness, both in
this world and that which is to come? And is it possible it should
be forgotten, or that by it our joy, light, and heaven should not be
made the sweeter to all eternity? Our soul is now bound up in him as
in a bundle of life; and when we come thither he is still the
Christ, our life; and it is by our being where he is that we shall
behold his glory and our glory, because he is glorified: "For the
glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof." As
he said, "Ye now therefore have sorrow; but I will see you again,
and your heart shall rejoice and your joy no man taketh from you."