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Good Afternoon.
The New Jerusalem.
Today we are going to look at Johns attempt to record the glory and the beauty of the New Jerusalem that is yet to come.
And I believe the most important aspect that we should walk away with today.
Is just how much God loves us His children.
The Church and that really means those within the church, not this building or some other building.
But you and I who are the church, we are called the bride of Christ.
And the New Jerusalem is the eternal home that Jesus the groom has gone to prepare.
And so today we are going to read about the splendor and glory of that which Christ has prepared for His deeply loved bride.
And that is what we need to see as we look at all of these details concerning the New Jerusalem.
Every detail is important because it speaks of the magnitude for which Jesus loves you and I.
Now look there are many here today or online who might not feel like they have been loved very well, perhaps by their parents, or their spouses, or their children, or their friends, or whoever else.
And those hurts have wounded us.
But the love of Christ Jesus is the balm that is meant to heal those wounds those hurts of the past.
So if that’s you here today.
And I have to be honest there is no way that’s not you or I. Then I want you to witness the full love of God put on full display in the New Jerusalem that is yet to come.
So let’s look at the rest of Revelation chapter twenty-one and the beauty and glory of the New Jerusalem.
In verses nine and ten we read.
Revelation 21 now shifts to a new vision.
John is summoned by one of the angels who poured out the seven bowls.
And we are told that the content of this final vision is the Bride of Christ, the wife of the Lamb.
And we now get a repeat almost of what we saw last week at the beginning of this chapter in verse two.
The new Jerusalem is coming down from out of heaven.
And in the next verse we read of the primary characteristic of the New Jerusalem.
That thing that is most important.
And in verse eleven we read.
The glory or radiance of God is a common biblical way of speaking of the very presence of God.
And when John tries to describe the brilliance and splendor of the glory of God he chooses to uses precious stones to describe what he sees.
We something similar in chapter four verse three where we read.
John continues and in verses twelve and thirteen we read.
So what we have is that there is a very tall wall that will surround the new Jerusalem.
And on each wall there will be three gates.
In total there will be twelve gates.
And we are told that upon each gate will be the name of each of the twelve tribes of Israel.
This is directly prophesied in the book of Ezekiel chapter forty-eight verses 31 and following.
So for instance in chapter forty-eight verse 31 we read.
And each of these gate is to be guarded or watched over by an angel.
Each one I suspect the angel that has been assigned from creation to guard over each of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Then in verse fourteen we read.
Now we read that the city has twelve foundations and each of these bears the name of each of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
These two ideas brought together are very important for us to see and understand.
Both the twelve tribes representing the period of the Old Testament prior to Christ and then then the twelve apostles representing the period of the Church are brought together as one in the New Jerusalem.
All of the people of God will come together as one in order to worship the one true God, Jesus the Christ.
Then in verse fifteen we read.
Previously we read where John was called to measure off the inner temple, the temple courts, and its worshiper within.
This was done to show the preservation of the people of God and the judgment of the world.
Now what we are going to see is that now John is measuring the New Jerusalem to show just how magnificent it is going to be.
in Verse sixteen we read.
So, again what the heck is a stadia and how large does this actually make the New Jerusalem.
Essentially, the city is going to be a square with all four sides the same length.
And that is one-thousand five hundred miles.
This is large beyond imagine for a single city.
That would be about the distance from here to Austin, TX.
The New Jerusalem is unlike anything that we have ever seen.
Then in verse seventeen we read concerning the walls.
So, my best guess is that this is the measurement of the height of the walls.
It doesn’t actually state height or width.
Either way doesn’t really matter, they are massive walls.
They are 216 feet tall or deep.
Tall just seems to make the most sense to me based on the fact that it states this is by human measurement, which is the same as an angel’s measurement.
And so when we compare a human to a wall I would assume we are speaking in terms of height.
Then in verse eighteen we read.
So, this city is built as no human city has ever been built.
What does this look like exactly, I am unsure.
And I believe that the appearance is being lost in translation.
John looks upon this magnificent city and he lacks the words to describe what he sees, and so he uses precious metals and stones describe the brilliance of the glory of this great city.
In verse nineteen and twenty we read.
It is hard to fully visualize what is being described.
But one of the things that needs to stand out to us is that the twelve foundations are not buried beneath the city.
They stand raise somehow where they are visible to everyone.
And that those foundations are adorned with precious stones to bring forth their beauty.
In verse 21 we read.
So, each gate is a single pearl, and remember the walls are 216 feet tall.
In ancient times the gates were built into the wall as part of a tower and those towers were always taller than the walls themselves.
This means that this pearls are going to most likely stand more than 216 feet tall.
Such a thing is simply beyond our imagination.
And the streets are made of pure gold.
Now this gold is clearly unique because gold is not transparent.
Transparent gold is not something that we could acquire today let alone use as building material for streets.
Then in verse twenty-two we read.
In the early days of Israel just after they fled from Egypt they built the tabernacle.
And within the tabernacle was what was called the Holy of Holies.
This was considered to be the dwelling place of God.
And then later we saw similar when the temple was built by Solomon, God descended in a cloud and he occupied what was called the Holy of Holies.
As a result the temple was considered the center of worship for the nation of Israel, because it was the place that God resided.
Then with the church the people of God himself became the dwelling place and therefore the temple.
And as a result we are now called to a life of worship.
Because the dwelling place of God is everywhere his church is.
But, one day God himself will dwell among His people in the very person of Jesus and we will have perfect face-to-face communion with our God.
Then in verse 23 we read.
I don’t believe that John is speaking directly as to whether or not the sun or the moon will continue to exist in the age to come.
Instead John is trying his best to describe the absolute splendor which radiates from the presence of God and the Lamb.
Then in verse 24 we read.
So I hinted at this verse last week.
When we enter into the age of the new heavens and the new earth all the nations of the earth will be represented.
Their will be people from every nation, every tribe, and every tongue present before the Lamb.
And I do not believe that we will necessarily lose our national identities.
What is important to see is that in the age to come all those who make up the nations will know the Lord.
Then in verse 25 we read.
What is the importance of the gates never being closed.
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