Revelation 22:5 (LSB)

Passage

And there will no longer be any night, and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them, and they will reign forever and ever.

Nearby Context

Revelation 22:3 And there will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His slaves will serve Him;

Revelation 22:4 and they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.

Revelation 22:5 And there will no longer be any night, and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them, and they will reign forever and ever.

Revelation 22:6 And he said to me, “These words are faithful and true”; and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent His angel to show to His slaves the things which must soon take place.

Revelation 22:7 “And behold, I am coming quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "light", "longer", "night", "need", "lamp", "lord", and "illumine". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "longer", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "and they will see His face and..." into verse 6's "And he said to me These words...", so "light" and "longer" 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 "longer" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.