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THE GREAT CITY (9-21)
A. JOHN IS SHOWN THE HOLY CITY...
1. By one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls of wrath
- Re 21:9-10a
a. Who offered to show John "the bride, the Lamb's wife"
b. Who carried him away in the Spirit to a great and high
mountain
2. He sees the great city, the holy Jerusalem - Re 21:10b-11
a. Descending out of heaven from God - cf. Re 21:2; also 3:12
b. Having the glory of God, with light like a jasper stone,
clear as crystal - cf. Re 4:2-3
-- The imagery is uncertain, but the city may be depicted as
hovering between heaven and the new earth
B. JOHN DESCRIBES THE HOLY CITY...
1. It had a great and high wall - Re 21:12-14
a. With twelve gates, with three gates each on east, north,
south
b. With twelve angels at the gates
c. With the twelve tribes of Israel's names inscribed on the
gates
d. With twelve foundations
e. With the twelve apostles' names inscribed on the foundations
2. The measurement of the city, the gates, and the wall - Re 21:
15-17
a. The angel had a golden reed to measure them
b. The city is laid out as a cube, its length, breadth, and
height are each 12,000 furlongs (1500 hundred miles cubed),
the distance from Orlando to Denver!
c. The wall is one hundred and forty-four cubits (216 feet),
either high or thick
3. The construction of the city, the wall, its foundations, and
the gates - Re 21:18-21
a. The wall was of jasper; the city was pure gold, like clear
glass
b. The twelve foundations of the wall were adorned with
precious stones:
1) Jasper 5) Sardonyx 9) Topaz
2) Sapphire 6) Sardius 10) Chrysoprase
3) Chalcedony 7) Chrysolite 11) Jacinth
4) Emerald 8) Beryl 12) Amethyst
c. The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate one pearl
d. The street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass
-- Imagine the colors, with varying shades of green, red, blue,
gold, and clear crystal!Revelation 21:2–22:5
2 Then I, 1John, saw cthe holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared das a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, ethe tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. 4 fAnd God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; gthere shall be no more death, hnor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”
5 Then iHe who sat on the throne said, j“Behold, I make all things new.” And He said 2to me, “Write, for kthese words are true and faithful.”
6 And He said to me, l“It 3is done! mI am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. nI will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. 7 He who overcomes 4shall inherit all things, and oI will be his God and he shall be My son. 8 pBut the cowardly, 5unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in qthe lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
The New Jerusalem
9 Then one of rthe seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came 6to me and talked with me, saying, “Come, I will show you sthe 7bride, the Lamb’s wife.” 10 And he carried me away tin the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me uthe 8great city, the 9holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, 11 vhaving the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal. 12 Also she had a great and high wall with wtwelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: 13 xthree gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.
14 Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and yon them were the 1names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15 And he who talked with me zhad a gold reed to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. 16 The city is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand 2furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal. 17 Then he measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. 18 The construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. 19 aThe foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. 21 The twelve gates were twelve bpearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. cAnd the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.
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