Isaiah 54:12 And I will make your windows of agates, and your gates of carbuncles, and all your borders of pleasant stones. Mark well and underscore with heavy dashes of the pen the order of the gates. Gate of carbuncle before gate of pearl. Isaiah the Prince saw the one gate centuries before St. John the Exile saw the other. The one you must push open. The other stands open. Gate of a Saviour's atonement before the gate of Divine pardon. Gate of poverty before gate of affluence. Gate of earthly trial before gate of heavenly satisfaction. Through much tribulation you enter the kingdom of God if you ever enter it at all. (T. D. W. Talmage, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. |
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