Revelation 21:24 (WEB)

Passage

The nations will walk in its light. The kings of the earth bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.

Nearby Context

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

Revelation 21:23 The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

Revelation 21:24 The nations will walk in its light. The kings of the earth bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.

Revelation 21:25 Its gates will in no way be shut by day (for there will be no night there),

Revelation 21:26 and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it so that they may enter.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "light", "nations", "walk", "kings", "earth", "bring", "glory", and "honor". 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 "The city has no need for the..." into verse 25's "Its gates will in no way be...", 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.