And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.
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… is bigger than any city the world has ever known. Revelation chapter 21, verse 16 and 17 gives us the dimensions. Its four sides are 12,000 furlongs long You do the math, that's about 1,400 miles West to east and the same north to south To help you ponder how big that is Consider this, the city of Los Angeles One of America's largest cities is only 29 miles wide It feels about 500 at rush hour but no it's only 29 miles wide the United States our entire country from west to east coast is approximately 2800 miles wide so New Jerusalem is about half the width of our entire country its square footprint would stretch from San Francisco to Kansas City Missouri so it's just massive. The Bible tells us that its walls are made out of solid jasper, which is similar to ice or diamond in appearance, and the walls are 216 feet thick and 1,400 miles tall. This is a cross-section, a scaled cross-section of the wall with a silhouette of a six-foot tall person to help you see how thick the walls surrounding the city are. And the foundation for this massive wall, the Bible says, is 12 layers of precious stones. Sapphire, emerald, burl, topaz, amethyst, to name a few, all translucent, all allowing the glory of God that permeates the city to glow through the foundation. …
… a place for you. Think about, when you think about the location, think about just some of the benefits and some of the beauty of heaven. Revelation chapter 21, verses 17 through 19. Then he measured the walls, he being an angel, this is interesting, isn't it? And found them to be 216 feet thick. This is the structure of the wall around the capital city. The wall was made of Jasper, the city was pure gold, as clear as glass. The wall of the city was built on foundation stones and laid with 12 precious stones. The 12 gates were made of pearls, each gate from a single pearl. And the main street was pure gold, as clear as glass. Heaven is a tangible town. It's a real place. It's not some atmospheric, gaseous deal where we're playing harps and halos and singing hallelujah in our stained glass fortress. Kumbaya, Lord. It's not going to be an eternal church service where your butt gets tired sitting on a hard pew listening to a pipe organ. I don't know where you got that from, but that is not the Bible. We do not become angels when we die and graduate. That's not in the Bible. The Bible says heaven is reserved for those who are citizens of heaven. So if I'm heaven born, I'm heaven bound. When I was born again, I was born into the family of God. My passport is in heaven. I'm just visiting here. You remember a couple of weeks ago, I told you Lisa and I went on this whirlwind trip internationally. A passport is a major, …
… And Scripture is faithful, Titus 1, 9, holding fast the faithful word. Revelation 21.5 and 22.6, these words are faithful and true. God is faithful. Christ is faithful. And Scripture, therefore, is faithful. And then the ministers of that Scripture and the servants of God and Christ must be defined by faithfulness. Faithfulness in what sense? to Christ in their relationship with Him, and faithful to Scripture in their handling of divine revelation. The commendation of faithfulness is given to a number of people in the New Testament. Timothy in 1 Corinthians 4, 17, you're in that chapter. Go down to the bottom, sort of the bottom of the chapter, verse 17. For this reason, Paul says, I have sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, and he will remind you of my ways which are in Christ. I walk with Christ and in Christ. Timothy follows me in doing the same, therefore he is faithful. He will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, and he will remind you of what I teach. …