A
BEAUTIFUL THING: A
CITY LITERALLY MADE OF
PRECIOUS PEOPLE
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(2
Pet 3:10)
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night;
in the which
the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and
the elements shall
melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the
works that are therein
shall be burned up. [i.e., three elements of nuclear
war]
(Psa
122:3)
JERUSALEM IS BUILDED AS A CITY THAT IS COMPACT
TOGETHER:
(Rev 21:1-8)
And I saw a new heaven and a
new earth: for the first
heaven and the first earth were passed away [Gk: fig. perished] [after the
nuclear
war];
and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy
city, new
Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a
bride
adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven
saying, Behold,
the tabernacle of God is
with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his
people, and
God himself shall be with them, and
be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes;
and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow,
nor crying,
neither shall there be any more pain: for the
former things are
passed away [Gk:
departed].
And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I
make all things new.
And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. And
he said
unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and
Omega, the beginning and the end.
I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the
water of life
freely. He that overcometh shall inherit
all things; and I will be
his God, and he shall be my son. But the fearful,
and unbelieving,
and the abominable [Gk: (to stink), disgusting]
[unnatural lusts, homosexuals and
lesbians],
and murderers, and whoremongers,
and sorcerers [Gk: a drug, a druggist or
poisoner,
(by extension) a magician], and idolaters,
and all liars, shall have their part in
the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone:
which is the second
death.
NEW JERUSALEM
(Rev 21:9-14) And there came unto me one
of the seven angels [1] 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. 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,
Having the glory
of God: and her light [Gk:
illumination] was
like unto a stone most precious,
even like a jasper [a
beautiful sea-greenish] stone, clear
as crystal; 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 [meaning the
twelve angels are the twelve
tribes?]: On the east three gates;
on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west
three
gates. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations,
and in them the
names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
1.
Dake’s
Annotated Reference Bible: “These angels
are redeemed men [i.e., redeemed
fallen angels], for one of them tells John that he is a
prophet (Rev 1:1;
19:10; 22:8,9). He is a man (Rev 21:17).”
A
CUBE CITY MEASURING 1500 MILES IN LENGTH AND WIDTH AND HEIGHT
(Rev 21:15-17) And he that talked with me
had
a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates
thereof, and the wall
thereof. And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as
the
breadth [Gk: width]: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve
thousand furlongs [1500
miles]. The length [1500 miles] and
the breadth
[1500 miles]
and the height [1500 miles] of it are equal. [a
cube city] And he
measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and
four cubits) [300 feet (a football
field thick)], according to the measure of a man,
that is, of the angel
[please
note the reference to a man and an angel as one].
1.
Commentary:
Outer space begins about 7 miles high from the earth, leaving 1493
miles of
city in space.
THE WALL
(Rev
21:18-21)
And the building [composition] of the wall of it was of
jasper: and the city was
pure gold, like unto clear glass. And the
foundations
[the
twelve apostles: v14]
of the wall of the city were
garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper [a beautiful sea-greenish]; the second, sapphire; the third,
a
chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth,
sardius;
the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the
tenth, a
chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst [twelve precious stone foundations
of
the wall].
And the twelve gates
were twelve pearls;
every
several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent
glass.
NO
TEMPLE
(Rev 21:22-27) And I saw no
temple therein: for
the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And
the city had no
need of the sun, neither of the moon, to
shine in it: for the
glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb
is the light thereof. And the
nations of them which
are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the
earth do
bring their glory and honour into it. And the gates
of it shall not
be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night
there. And they
shall bring the glory and honour of the nations
into it. And there shall
in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth
[Gk: pollutes, unclean], neither whatsoever
worketh abomination, or maketh
a lie: but they which are
written in the Lamb's book of life.
THE RIVER OF LIFE
(Rev 22:1-5)
And he shewed me a pure river of water of life,
clear as crystal,
proceeding out of the throne of God and of the
Lamb. In the midst of the
street of it, and on either side of the river, was
there the tree of life, which bare twelve
manner of fruits [1+2] [we are ourselves trees,
destined
to be trees of life],
and yielded her fruit every
month: and the leaves of the tree were
for the healing of the nations. And there shall be no
more curse:
but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his
servants shall
serve him: And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
And there shall be no night there; and they need no
candle, neither
light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light [Gk: to shed rays, to shine:
enlighten, illuminate, make to see]: and they shall reign
[Gk: rule] for ever and ever.
1.
(Gal 5:22,23)
But the
fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
gentleness,
goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance [Gk:
self-control]: against such there is no law. [9
fruits]
2.
(Eph 5:9)
(For the
fruit of the Spirit is
in
all goodness and righteousness and truth;) [3
fruits]
THE
BLESSINGS
(Rev 22:6-9) And he said unto me, These
sayings are faithful and true:
and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his
servants
the things which must shortly be done. Behold, I come quickly:
blessed
is he that keepeth the sayings
of the prophecy of this book. And I John saw these things,
and heard them. And when I
had heard and seen,
I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel
which shewed me
these things. Then saith he unto me, See thou
do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren
the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book:
worship God.
(Rev 22:10-15) And he saith unto me, Seal
not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
He
that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he
which is filthy,
let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous,
let him be righteous
still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
And, behold, I
come quickly; and my reward is
with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
I am Alpha
and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Blessed
are they that do his
commandments,
that they may have right to the tree of life, and
may enter in through
the gates into the city. For without are
dogs [the
abominable], and sorcerers,
and whoremongers,
and murderers, and idolaters,
and whosoever loveth and maketh a
lie.
THE
PLAGUES
(Rev 22:16-21) I Jesus
have sent mine
angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root
and the
offspring of David, and the
bright and morning star. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come.
And let
him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is
athirst come. And
whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
For I testify
unto every man that heareth the words of the
prophecy of this book, If
any man shall add unto these things, God shall
add unto him the
plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall
take away
from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take
away his part
out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in
this book. He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I
come quickly.
Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. The grace of our
Lord Jesus Christ be with you
all. Amen.
Amen