--- title: "7 Holy City Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Holy City quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Holy City sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/dennis-e-johnson-63023_book-of-life_when-the-sweep-of-god-s-sickles-brings-f_367961.jpg" --- > [“When the sweep of God's sickles brings final harvest to the earth, separating grain from grapes, the present system of power and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-e-johnson/when-the-sweep-of-god-s-sickles-brings-final-harvest-to-the-earth/) [Dennis E. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-e-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/dennis-e-johnson-63023_book-of-life_when-the-sweep-of-god-s-sickles-brings-f_367961.jpg) > [“Revelation 21 and 22 tell us something of this wonderful place that Jesus is preparing for His saints, "the holy city," "that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-rice/revelation-21-and-22-tell-us-something-of-this-wonderful-place-that/) [John R. Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-rice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba1/john-r-rice-11558_glory-of-god_revelation-21-and-22-tell-us-something-o_675487.jpg) > [It's a holy city for music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-laurie/it-s-a-holy-city-for-music/) [Hugh Laurie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-laurie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e6/hugh-laurie-2413_cities_it-s-a-holy-city-for-music-1502711_1502711.png) > [Sometimes when she is able to spend the night with him they are wakened by the three minarets of the city beginning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ondaatje/sometimes-when-she-is-able-to-spend-the-night-with-him-they-are/) [Michael Ondaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ondaatje/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e4/michael-ondaatje-940_able_sometimes-when-she-is-able-to-spend-the_2255284.jpg) > [I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/i-have-been-blessed-to-visit-the-holy-city-of-mecca/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bf/malcolm-x-213_been_i-have-been-blessed-to-visit-the-holy-ci_2543489.jpg) > [I sometimes think of Las Vegas as the Jerusalem of chance. A holy city.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-scoblete/i-sometimes-think-of-las-vegas-as-the-jerusalem-of-chance-a-holy-city/) [Frank Scoblete](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-scoblete/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb6/frank-scoblete-42379_chance_i-sometimes-think-of-las-vegas-as-the-je_3038143.png) > [hooting for 'Savdhaan India' in Mathura made me realise that no matter what place you come from be it a holy city,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siddharth-shukla/hooting-for-savdhaan-india-in-mathura-made-me-realise-that-no-matter/) [Siddharth Shukla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siddharth-shukla/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7b/siddharth-shukla-11544_city_hooting-for-savdhaan-india-in-mathura-ma_3215102.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/holy-city/#itemlist", "name": "Holy City Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When the sweep of God's sickles brings final harvest to the earth, separating grain from grapes, the present system of power and prestige will be reversed. The pagan persecutors who now tread the holy city underfoot (Rev. 11:2) will be trodden underfoot by the church's mighty avenger (14:20). Their defiling blood pours from a winepress \"outside the city,\" for those who belong to earth's so-called \"great city,\" which wages war on God's church (11:8; 17:18), have no share in God's holy, heavenly city. No one unclean shall ever enter the holy city, the new Jerusalem, \"but only those whose navies are written in the Lamb's book of life\" (21:27).”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dennis E. 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He walks with her through the indigo markets that lie between South Cairo and her home. The beautiful songs of faith enter the air like arrows, one minaret answering another, as if passing on a rumor of the two of them as they walk through the cold morning air, the smell of charcoal and hemp already making the air profound. 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