And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
The heavenly state which was before described as a city, and called the new Jerusalem, is here described as a paradise, alluding to the earthly paradise which was lost by the sin of the first Adam; here is another paradise restored by the second Adam. A paradise in a city, or a whole city in a paradise!
Commenting on Revelation 22:1-5
And there shall be no night there,.... This is repeated from Rev 21:25 to express the certainty of it, and to observe, that the happiness of this state will greatly lie in the light thereof; it will be one everlasting day, , "day of eternity", or eternal day, as in Pe2 3:18 and they need no candle, nor the light of the sun; neither artificial...
Verse 5. And there shall be no night there. . And they need no candle. No lamp; no artificial light, as in a world where there is night and darkness. Neither light of the sun; for the Lord God, etc. . And they shall reign for ever and ever. That is, with God; they shall be as kings. ; . Compare ; .