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
in
Revelation chapter twenty-one and verse seventeen John shares about,
“the
measured wall”
where
we read:
according
to
the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
The
verse reads, “And
he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and
forty and
four cubits, ...”
John began with the words, “and
he measured”
which means “and the angel with the golden measuring rod judged and
meted out the space and distance of” “the
wall thereof”
or “the wall around the city”, “an
hundred and forty and four cubits”
or “one hundred and forty four measures of the length equal to the
distance from the joint of the elbow to the tip of the middle finger
or about eighteen inches”. John saw the “angel” measure the
wall of the city and found it to be about two hundred and sixteen
feet high.
The
verse continues, “... according
to
the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.”
John added the words, “according
to”
which means “down from, throughout and ” “the
measure”
which means “the judged and meted out the space and distance”
“of
a man”
or “belonging to a human being whether male or female”, “that
is”
which means “which exists”, “of
the angel”
or “pertaining to the messenger, envoy and one sent”. The
measurement employed by the “angel”
was the unit used by people.
When
we think through John's words in this verse, we notice how high the
“wall of the city” is. The walls of the city were about
two hundred and sixteen feet high which towered over John who watched
the “angel” measure it. God has a plan for His “heavenly
city”, and this tall wall is indicative of His precise desire
to have people follow after Him through His Son Jesus Christ. Many
things, including this tall walled city, await those who submit their
lives to Him.
Next
time
John shares how,
“the building of the wall of it was of jasper”,
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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