New Jerusalem, speculation (just for fun!)

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BigSky2021

BigSky2021

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Ever think about what New Jerusalem will look like in all of it's glory and splendor and majesty? Sorry if this seems silly, but I get excited to think about the descrpition from Revelation 21:

16 And the city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as its width. And he measured the city with the reed, 12,000 stadia;* its length and width and height are equal. 17 He also measured its wall, 144 cubits* according to a man’s measure, at the same time an angel’s measure. 18 Now the wall was made of jasper,b and the city was pure gold like clear glass. 19 The foundations of the city wall were adorned with every sort of precious stone: the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chal·ceʹdo·ny, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth sar·donʹyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysʹo·lite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysʹo·prase, the eleventh hyacinth, the twelfth amethyst. 21 Also, the 12 gates were 12 pearls; each one of the gates was made of one pearl. And the main street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.
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Sounds incredible doesn't it?! I think we see echoes of this type of superhuman construction in antiquity, the most obvious example being the Great Pyramid of Giza which is said to have been formerly encased in polished black granite facing stones. But I believe the pyramid builders were serving other gods, the Fallen Ones (Satan + demons) and their offspring the Nephilim. I think all of the megalithic construction we see from antiquity is the Fallen Ones trying to emulate or counterfeit what they remembered of Heaven.

But I digress for now, what say you? Any thoughts?
 
Lynx

Lynx

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John saw jasper walls
Oh my, oh my, what a vision
John told of shining streets of gold
Where all the saints shall forever stroll
I've wondered time and again
How could it have been
To gaze upon that heavenly throne
But I'll wonder no more
When I step on that shore
To walk upon the golden ground that John saw

- Gold City Quartet
 
Lynx

Lynx

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On the counterpoint, there's also that song by the Gaithers...

If the golden streets were stainless steel
If the gates of pearl had a plastic feel
If the marriage supper was a Happy Meal,
I'd still want to go there

If the river of life was a babbling brook,
If the great white throne had a dingy look
If the book of life was a comic book
I'd still want to go there

If the angel's horn was an old kazoo
If the city foursquare was a 2 by 2
If my mansion was a room with a terrible view
I'd still want to go there

The millenial reign was a couple of weeks,
If the jasper walls were a shade of pink
If the only music ever heard was N Sync
I'd still want to go there

I want to go to heaven
I want to go to heaven
Even if it wasn't all the bible said it will be
I'd still want to go to heaven
I want to go to heaven
I want to go to heaven, if Jesus is all I ever see
 
JaumeJ

JaumeJ

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It has come tomy scripture reading that the street and walls of New Jerusalem are made of gold, that is, the faith of the saints. Now if memory serv es me correctly, they are actually made up of the saints, at least the walls of N. Jerusalem. Anyone wants to fill me in on more about the walls of gold, I am all ears.
 
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