THE NEW JERUSALEM #6
Pastor Christopher Choo
Lesson 3261
THE NEW JERUSALEM #6
The New Jerusalem will be fantastically huge.
John records that the city is nearly 1,400 miles long, and it is as wide and as high as it is long—a perfect cube (Revelation 21:15–17).
Just imagine this - our atmosphere is only 15-20 miles high while the city will soar 1400 miles high! But in our new resurrected bodies we will be able to withstand such high altitudes.
The city will also be dazzling in every way. It is lighted by the glory of God (verse 23).
Its twelve foundations, bearing the names of the twelve apostles, are “decorated with every kind of precious stone” (verse 19). It has twelve gates, each a single pearl, bearing the names of the twelve tribes of Israel (verses 12 and 21). The street will be made of pure gold (verse 21).
Abba Father, it is difficult to communicate the enthralling beauty of this city. Even the most beautiful natural scene will pale in comparison to the colours, magnificence, and panoramic grandeur of the New Jerusalem. Indeed we can but contemplate with awesome wonder the magnitude of this eternal city.
