“Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation … may enter” (Isaiah 26:2). Not everyone will dwell in this city from which Christ rules and reigns. • The character of the dwellers. “Righteous” (Isaiah 26:2). “There shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth” (Revelation 21:27) elaborates on this truth. • The conduct of the dwellers. “Which keepeth the truth” (Isaiah 26:2). The righteous will be faithful to the truth, namely, to the Word of
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