In that blessed age to come, creation will be healed of such folly, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory to God alone. The city will ceaselessly resound with this offering of praise, as all men bring the glory and the honor of the nations to lay at the feet of the King. The gates will never be shut by day, but will be always open to receive such homage (for there will be no night there). In the ancient world, city gates were shut at night to keep out the threat of invasion, but such