Revelation 21:9 ¶ And there came
unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven
last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the
bride, the Lamb’s wife.
If the church is the bride of
Christ and the new Jerusalem is likened to a bride prepared for her husband, who is Christ, then it only follows, as per the next chapter it is safe to
believe that the church is the servants who serve him in 22:3. It is reasonable
to believe that our eternity will be praising and serving God, just being with
Him physically present, a glorious event that makes even the most intense
experience pale by comparison.
Revelation 21:10 And he carried
me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great
city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
This city, coming down from space,
which may already be on its way, is physically visible so this is not simply a
spiritual event.
Revelation 21:11 Having the
glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a
jasper stone, clear as crystal; 12 And
had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve
angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of
the children of Israel: 13 On the east
three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the
west three gates. 14 And the wall of the
city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of
the Lamb.
So far, this is pretty obvious
although one would presume that Paul was included in the twelve and not Judas,
of course.
Revelation 21:15 And he that
talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof,
and the wall thereof. 16 And the city
lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured
the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth
and the height of it are equal.
The city is a cube with
measurements of about 1500 miles on all sides. That is a little on the high
side but I wanted to make a point with an even number for clarity. Note that its
sides are not just 1500 miles but its height is 1500 miles so that consists of
space inside of this cube is 1500x1500x1500 miles. This is over 3 billion cubic
miles of space available within this cube. That seems like plenty of room for
anything you can imagine. This is God the Father’s house.
John 14:2 In my Father’s house
are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a
place for you.
Our modern understanding of a
mansion is a large manor house. An older definition is a luxury apartment in a
manor house. It is clear in the New Jerusalem there is room for anything you
can imagine.
Revelation 21:17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred
and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the
angel.
The city has a wall and I don’t
know how that works out with a cube so that may be an argument against the cube
or either way you see it the wall may be evident. It is around 225 feet high
depending on the length of a cubit, as there are small variations in the
measurement. Here is further evidence of what an angel looks like as it is
likened to a man. There are no angels with wings in the Bible and the phrase,
“angelic creatures,” does not exist either except in the imagination of some. I
defined angel from the Bible, early
on.
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