After
all the events of the tribulation period, the millennial reign of
Jesus and the “Great
White Throne”
judgment, John the apostle wrote, “And
I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the
first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John
saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.” John
added how God will wipe away all tears and allow no more death,
sorrow, crying or pain”, and He is to make “all things new”. He
also gave a warning to those who are “fearful,
and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers,
and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in
the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second
death”,
and he continued, “And
there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials
full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come
here, I will show your the bride, the Lamb's wife. And he carried me
away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that
great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
Having the glory of God: and her light was
like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as
crystal. And had a wall great and high, and
had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written
thereon, which are the
names
of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. On the east three
gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the
west three gates. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations,
and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. And the
city lies foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and
he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The
length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. 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 the building of the
wall of it was of
jasper: and the city was
pure gold, like unto clear glass. And the foundations of the wall of
the city were
garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation
was
jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an
emerald; The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh,
chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a
chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst”,
and
in
Revelation chapter twenty-one and verse twenty-one John shares about,
“gates
of pearls”
where
we read:
The
verse reads, “And
the twelve gates were
twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl:”
John began with the words, “and
the twelve gates”
which means “and the twelve vestibules or portals” “were
twelve pearls”
or “were made of twelve márgaros or fine pearls”;
“every
several gate”
which means “and every one of the gates” “was
of one pearl”
or “was made of one márgaros or fine
pearl”.
John saw how each gate within the city walls was constructed of “one
single fine pearl”.
The
verse continues, “and
the street of the city was
pure gold, as it were transparent glass.”
John added the words, “and
the street”
which means “and the broad way” “of
the city”
which means “belonging to the heavenly city” “was
pure gold”
or “was made of clean, clear and purified gold”, “as
it were”
which means “like and similar to it being” “transparent
glass”
or “translucent glass”. John shared how the streets within the
“heavenly city” were constructed with “transparent purified
gold”.
When
we consider John's words in this verse, we see more of the opulence
which is available to God Almighty. He constructed each“gate”
of
this “heavenly city” out of “one single pearl”,
and He made the streets “translucent” with see through and “pure
gold”.
God has all materials He desires at His disposal, and if something is
not created, He may use that as well. God has great plans for this
beautifully adorned city as well as the “wall, gates and streets.
How much more does He have plans for those who receive His Son Jesus
Christ as their personal “Savior and Lord”? Let all who read
these words consider these awesome gates and streets and yield their
lives to Him today.
Next
time
John shares how “the
Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it”,
so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until
tomorrow…there is more…
Look for the daily devotional book “Equipped for Battle – From Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be Married”, “One Year in the Sermon on the Mount” and the new poetry book "Random Mushrooms Volumes I and II" and the new novel "Elizabeth County" in all major bookstore sites, http://www.amazon.com ; http://www.barnesandnobles.com ; download to e-books, and find it locally at www.mrzlc.com/bookstore.
Look for the daily devotional book “Equipped for Battle – From Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be Married”, “One Year in the Sermon on the Mount” and the new poetry book "Random Mushrooms Volumes I and II" and the new novel "Elizabeth County" in all major bookstore sites, http://www.amazon.com ; http://www.barnesandnobles.com ; download to e-books, and find it locally at www.mrzlc.com/bookstore.
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