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The New Jerusalem Part 4

In part 3 we ended by looking at the Bride of Yeshua. Now let us look at this New Jerusalem where we will live for eternity. We always hear people say that they want to go to heaven and yet we read that the New Jerusalem that comes down from heaven, (Revelation 21:10). We read that God is going to create a new heaven and a new earth, so we should be saying that we want to live forever in the New Jerusalem where the streets will be made of gold. 

Let’s continue to look at Revelation 21:15-21, “And the one who spoke with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls.  The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia. Its length, width and height are equal.  He also measured its wall, 144 cubits by human measurement, which is also an angel’s measurement.  The wall was built of jasper, while the city was pure gold, like clear glass.  The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,  the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.  And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.”

Wow, what a place! Yeshua told His disciples this in John 14:1-2, “Let not your heart be troubled:  believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.”

Many mansions, gates of pearls, walls of jewels, streets of gold, who can imagine what God has for those who love Him?. He is the rewarder of faith and those who put their trust in Him, but for now, well, Romans 8:23-25 says it all, “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.  For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.  For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope  that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.  For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.  For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?  But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.”

Revelation 21:22-27 continues,  “And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.  And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.  By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it, and its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there.  They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations.  But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.”

We must remember that God had His writers write not only for the future, but to also speak to us about the present, all at the same time. So He is reminding us that nothing unclean or detestable or false will enter it. He wants people to realize that they must now, when they are reading His Word,  repent and change their ways. We see several things in Revelation 21.  We see that the city will be square. We also see that there will be no sun or moon, no night, I’m sure no stars. This says to me that there will also be no seasons, because the earth will not be rotating around the sun. There will be no night, only day, which means there will be no calendar, no weeks, no months, because there is no time with God. God only created time and seasons for us when we were human beings, but now we will be eternal beings like God. This is when we will receive our new bodies, for the old will have passed away. No time, no aging, no pain, no need for sleep. We will be like God, and the new earth will be flat, for it will have no need to be round, for it will not be rotating, as it does now.  There will be no other planets or sky, or even any kind of atmosphere. We will no longer need to breathe, no longer will we need a heart or lungs or blood, or anything that will decay or die. We will be like God. 

1 John 3:1-2 says,  “ Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when He appears we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.”

Revelation 22:1-5 tells us this, “Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb  through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.  No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His servants will worship Him. They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads. And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.”

Again we must remember that Yeshua’s kingdom will not only be in the Messianic Age, but forever, and the renewed Garden of Eden will also be forever in the New Jerusalem. And the new Heaven, the Throne room of God, will cover the new earth like a canopy. In Jewish weddings there is a canopy called a Huppah, which covers the Bride and the Groom. It also is four sided like the New Jerusalem. Under this canopy we will reside with our God forever.  The whole theme of the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) is dwelling with God. The symbol of the booth is that canopy over us, as God dwells with us, and we dwell with God. This is why in the Messianic Age it will be required of all to celebrate this feast. Shouldn’t we start now? Yes, We will see God and He will see us, and we’ll be together for eternity. Ecclesiastes 3:11 says, “He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, without the possibility that mankind will find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.”

Now is the time to be sure, not if you are going to heaven, for only the righteous Judge knows, but are you walking in obedience and faithfulness, in holiness and godliness, free from this world, walking with God right into the New Jerusalem.