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REVELATION - Behold, I am Coming Soon
Studies in the Book of Revelation
BOOK 7 - YES, I AM COMING SOON! (REVELATION 19:11 - 22-21)
PART 7.6 - THE NEW JERUSALEM: THE BRIDE OF THE LAMB (REVELATION 21:9 - 22:5)

3. The Dimensions of New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:15-17)


REVELATION: 21:15-17
15 He who spoke with me had for a measure, a golden reed, to measure the city, its gates, and its walls. 16 The city is square, and its length is as great as its breadth. He measured the city with the reed, Twelve thousand twelve stadia. Its length, breadth, and height are equal. 17 Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

The angel who showed the patriarch John the bride of the Lamb as a vision of the capital of the new world, had a golden reed so as to confirm the seer that he did not inspired him dreams and hallucinations, but heavenly realities having real dimensions. Gates as well as walls, all things were to be measured exactly. Not John did measure the great city, but the angel determined the correct dimensions.

As already indicated in chapter 21:13 the city was laid out as a square. If for the “twelve thousand stadia” the standard was the Roman stadium, which most of the expositors assume, then the side length of this city of cities is about 2,200 km! This length of one side is hardly imaginable, but it means that the area of the square of the city is almost five millions square kilometers as compared to the present area of Germany of about 357,000 km2, of France of about 544,000 km2, of Turkey of about 779,000 km2, of Indonesia of about 1.9 million km2, of Sudan of about 2.5 million km2, of India of about 3.3 million km2 and of USA of about 9.8 million km2.

Thus the area of New Jerusalem exceeds not only the area of each metropolis on the earth, but its dimensions also include several states and empires. Its side length corresponds to the distance between Rome and London, between Berlin and Moscow, between Istanbul and Berlin or between Jerusalem and Khartoum. The dimensions of this city founded by the Holy Spirit are hardly imaginable. It does not exist in the framework of human conditions; because it is the city of God and of his Lamb. So inconceivably great as his mercy, so great is his city. There is enough room for all saved sinners who having been sanctified in his love have grown together to his family and to his people (John 14:1-4; Ephesians 1:18-23; 1 Peter 2:9-10).

PRAYER: Heavenly Father, we worship You because a capital like heavenly Jerusalem is beyond our understanding. The greatness of Your grace, Your church, and Your salvation is beyond of understanding. Please help us so that we may not measure your spiritual kingdom according to our logic, but believe the words of the of Revelation and the revelations of the Holy Spirit, as Christ confirmed to us, “In My Father's house are many dwelling places". Amen.

QUESTION:

  1. What is the width of the heavenly Jerusalem?

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