a messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel, a messenger from God

but

1. nevertheless, notwithstanding

2. an objection

3. an exception

4. a restriction

5. nay, rather, yea, moreover

6. forms a transition to the cardinal matter

existing in heaven

1. things that take place in heaven

2. the heavenly regions

   1. heaven itself, the abode of God and angels

   2. the lower heavens, of the stars

   3. the heavens, of the clouds

3. the heavenly temple or sanctuary

of heavenly origin or nature

to live, breathe, be among the living (not lifeless, not dead)

to enjoy real life

1. to have true life and worthy of the name

2. active, blessed, endless in the kingdom of God

to live i.e. pass life, in the manner of the living and acting

1. of mortals or character

living water, having vital power in itself and exerting the same upon the soul

metaph. to be in full vigour

1. to be fresh, strong, efficient,

2. as adj. active, powerful, efficacious

a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities

the Godhead, trinity

1. God the Father, the first person in the trinity

2. Christ, the second person of the trinity

3. Holy Spirit, the third person in the trinity

spoken of the only and true God

1. refers to the things of God

2. his counsels, interests, things due to him

whatever can in any respect be likened unto God, or resemble him in any way

1. God's representative or viceregent

   1. of magistrates and judges

Jerusalem = "set ye double peace"

1. denotes either the city itself or the inhabitants

2. "the Jerusalem that now is", with its present religious institutions, i.e. the Mosaic system, so designated from its primary external location

3. "Jerusalem that is above", that is existing in heaven, according to the pattern of which the earthly Jerusalem was supposed to be built

   1. metaph. "the City of God founded by Christ", now wearing the form of the church, but after Christ's return to put on the form of the perfected Messianic kingdom

4. "the heavenly Jerusalem", that is the heavenly abode of God, Christ, the angels, saints of the Old and New Testament periods and those Christians that are alive at Christ's return

5. "the New Jerusalem", a splendid visible city to be let down from heaven after the renovation of the world, the future abode of the blessed

and, also, even, indeed, but

ten thousand

an innumerable multitude, an unlimited number

innumerable hosts

a mountain

a city

1. one's native city, the city in which one lives

2. the heavenly Jerusalem

   1. the abode of the blessed in heaven

   2. of the visible capital in the heavenly kingdom, to come down to earth after the renovation of the world by fire

3. the inhabitants of a city

to come to, approach

draw near to

to assent to

Sion or Zion = "a parched place"

1. the hill on which the higher and more ancient part of Jerusalem was built

   1. the southwestern most and highest of the hills on which the city was built

2. often used of the entire city of Jerusalem

3. since Jerusalem because the temple stood there, was called the dwelling place of God