Daily Discipleship - Day 320: Its Lamp Is the Lamb

May 3, 2026

Daily Discipleship • Day 320 • Tuesday, March 16, 2027

Its Lamp Is the Lamb

Revelation 21:22–23

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Scripture
Revelation 21:22–23 (Greek NT / ESV) Καὶ ναὸν οὐκ εἶδον ἐν αὐτῇ· ὁ γὰρ κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὁ παντοκράτωρ ναὸς αὐτῆς ἐστίν, καὶ τὸ ἀρνίον And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.
Author & Audience

BibleProject — Tim Mackie and Jon Collins' biblical literacy platform, whose tracing of the temple theme from Eden through Jerusalem to the New Jerusalem illuminates why the absence of a temple is the ultimate good news.

Word Study

λύχνος αὐτῆς τὸ ἀρνίον

luchnos autēs to arnion · Greek NT

“its lamp is the Lamb”

luchnos is a hand-held lamp or lantern—intimate, personal light. The image is striking: the cosmic city's light source is not a star or a sun but a Lamb. Glory flows through the person of Christ, filling every corner of the new creation with the light of God's presence without need of any mediated source.

Reflection

From the writers we read together

BibleProject

Tim Mackie & Jon Collins; Portland, OR

“The whole Bible is about God coming to dwell with His people.” — BibleProject Temple series

Every temple in Scripture was a place where heaven and earth overlapped—where God's presence was accessible. Eden, the tabernacle, Solomon's temple, the post-exilic temple, the body of Jesus, the gathered church—each was a preview. In the New Jerusalem, the preview is over: God Himself and the Lamb are the temple. There are no barriers left.

BibleProject shows how the temple story ends not with a building but with a Person. The Lamb is the lamp—Christ is the inexhaustible source of light in the new creation. What you have access to in prayer and worship now is a foretaste of what will be unmediated, eternal reality. Draw near today.

Continue your study: Discipleship School — Trace the temple theme from Eden to New Jerusalem in our Discipleship School curriculum.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, King of the Universe, Lord God Almighty, You are the temple and the Lamb is the lamp. Let Your presence be my light today—sufficient, intimate, unending. Amen.

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