Revelation 21:24 (LSB)

Passage

And the nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.

Nearby Context

Revelation 21:22 And I saw no sanctuary in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its sanctuary.

Revelation 21:23 And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

Revelation 21:24 And the nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.

Revelation 21:25 And its gates will never be closed by day, for there will be no night there;

Revelation 21:26 and they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "light", "nations", "walk", "kings", "earth", "bring", and "glory". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "nations", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "And the city has no need of..." into verse 25's "And its gates will never be closed...", so "light" and "nations" belong inside that flow. In Revelation context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "light" and "nations" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.