Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
The tabernacle of God is with men (h skhnh tou qeou meta twn anqrwpwn). It is one of the angels of the Presence (Revelation 16:17; Revelation 19:5) speaking.
And he shall dwell with them (kai skhnwsei met autwn). Future active of skhnow, already in Revelation 7:15 from Ezekiel 37:27; Zechariah 2:10; Zechariah 8:8 and used of the Incarnate Christ on earth by John (John 1:14), now a blessed reality of the Father. The metaphor stands for the Shekinah Glory of God in the old tabernacle (Revelation 7:15; Revelation 13:6; Revelation 15:5), the true tabernacle of which it was a picture (Hebrews 8:2; Hebrews 9:11). God is now Immanuel in fact, as was true of Christ (Matthew 1:23).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Revelation 21:3:
John 1:14
John 11:43
Revelation 7:15
Revelation 12:12
Revelation 13:6
Revelation 21:1
Revelation 21:5
Revelation 21:7
Revelation 21:8
Revelation 21:22
Revelation 21:23
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