Revelation 11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt… This Cross, where so many evil things meet, is the place where all good things are to be found. God gathered all the evil to that spot, that He might utterly make away with it, through Him who took all the evil on Himself, that He might bring out of it only good. 1. It is the place of propitiation (Leviticus 16:15; Romans 3:25). The altar was there for the burnt-offering. The place without the gate for the sin-offering was there. 2. It is the meeting-place (Exodus 29:42). It is the place where we meet with God, and God meets with us in friendship, and love, and joy. It is the place where the Father meets the prodigal and embraces him. 3. It is the place of love. God's love is there, shining in its full brightness, unhindered and undimmed. 4. It is the place of acceptance. Here we become "accepted in the Beloved." Here the exchange takes place between the perfect and the imperfect. Believing in the perfect One, we become "complete in Him." (H. Bonar, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. |
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