Revelation 21
showed me the great city, the holy[SUP][
h][/SUP] Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, [SUP]11 [/SUP]having the glory of God. Her light
was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal. [SUP]12 [/SUP]Also she had a great and high wall with twelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, and names written on them, which are
the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: [SUP]13 [/SUP]three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west. [SUP]14 [/SUP]Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names[SUP][
i][/SUP] of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. [SUP]15 [/SUP]And he who talked with me had a gold reed to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. [SUP]16 [/SUP]The city is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal. [SUP]17 [/SUP]Then he measured its wall: one hundred
and forty-four cubits,
according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. [SUP]18 [/SUP]The construction of its wall was
of jasper; and the city
was pure gold, like clear glass. [SUP]19 [/SUP]The foundations of the wall of the city
were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation
was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, [SUP]20 [/SUP]the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. [SUP]21 [/SUP]The twelve gates
were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city
was pure gold, like transparent glass.
[SUP]22 [/SUP]But
I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. [SUP]
23 [/SUP]The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it,[SUP][
j][/SUP] for the glory[SUP][
k][/SUP] of God illuminated it. The Lamb
is its light. [SUP]24 [/SUP]And the nations of those who are saved[SUP][
l][/SUP] shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it.
Galatians 4:26
but the
Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Acts 17
[SUP]24 [/SUP]“
God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth,
does not dwell in temples made with hands. [SUP]25 [/SUP]Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things.
1 Peter 2:4-6
New King James Version (NKJV)
[SUP]4 [/SUP]Coming to Him
as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God
and precious, [SUP]5 [/SUP]
you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. [SUP]6 [/SUP]Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture,
“Behold, I lay in Zion
A chief cornerstone, elect, precious,
And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.”[SUP][
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