The Book of Revelation [ edit ] Folio 55r of the Bamberg Apocalypse depicts the angel showing John the New Jerusalem, with the Lamb of God at its center. Introduction to the City [ edit ]

The New Jerusalem is brilliant, shining with the glory of God. The city’s light is like that of precious jasper as clear as crystal. New Jerusalem itself is likened to pure gold, as clear as glass. John also writes that the streets are made of pure and transparent gold. (See Revelation 21:11, 18, 21). 4. The foundations In Jewish mysticism, there are two Gardens of Eden and two Promised Lands: the heavenly invisible one and the earthly visible one that is a copy of the heavenly invisible one. [6] [7] Heaven in Jewish mysticism includes a heavenly Promised land – including Jerusalem, the temple, and the ark of the covenant [6] – and a heavenly Garden of Eden – including the tree of life, a storehouse for the manna that angels eat, and multiple rivers that water the garden. [6] [7] When the Bible mentions a New Jerusalem, heavenly sanctuary, bread of life, or God's throne, it is referring to the Jewish mystical understanding of heaven. [6] [7]NZ and Australian bishops to cooperate new lectionary". CathNews New Zealand. Wellington. 8 July 2021 . Retrieved 18 September 2021. In 1853, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom captured Nanjing (Nanking) During the Taiping Rebellion against the Qing dynasty of China and renamed the city "New Jerusalem". [28] Baháʼí Faith [ edit ] The New Jerusalem will be fantastically huge. John records that the city is nearly 1,400 miles long, and it is as wide and as high as it is long—the New Jerusalem being in equal in length, width, and depth (Revelation 21:15–17). The city will be dazzling in every way. It is lighted by the glory of God (verse 23). Its twelve foundations, bearing the names of the twelve apostles, are “decorated with every kind of precious stone” (verse 19). It has twelve gates, each a single pearl, bearing the names of the twelve tribes of Israel (verses 12 and 21). The street will be made of pure gold (verse 21).

Craig R. Koester, Revelation, AB 38A. (New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. 2014), p. 417 Jeremiah 17:7-8: "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose confidence is the Lord. For he will be like the tree planted by the waters, who extends his roots to the Ribeiro, and does not fear when he comes the Heat, but its leaf turns green; and in the year of sequidência is not stunned, nor fails to bear fruit. " This verse talks about the blessings that come to those who trust the Lord and how they can prosper and bear fruit in all circumstances. Proverbs 3:1-2: "My son, do not forget my law; and thy heart keep my commandments. For they will increase your days and add years of life and peace." This verse highlights how to follow God's law can lead to a longer and more peaceful life. It had a great, high wall with twelve gates and with twelve angels in charge of the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. There were three gates on each side: three on the east, three on the south, three on the north, and three on the west ( Revelation 21:12–13). The twelve gates were twelve pearls; each gate was made from a single pearl ( Revelation 21:21a). The gates in the north wall are named for Reuben, Judah, and Levi; those in the east wall, for Joseph, Benjamin, and Dan; those in the south wall, for Simeon, Issachar, and Zebulun; and those in the west wall are named for Gad, Asher, and Naphtali ( Ezekiel 48:31–34).God created great sea-monsters and all the creatures that glide and teem in the waters in their own species, and winged birds in their own species. God saw that it was good. After John witnesses the new heaven and a new earth "that no longer has any sea", an angel takes him "in the Spirit" to a vantage point on "a great and high mountain" to see New Jerusalem "descend out of heaven." The enormous city comes out of heaven down to the New Earth. John's elaborate description of the New Jerusalem retains many features of the Garden of Eden and the paradise garden, such as rivers, a square shape, a wall, and the Tree of Life. Norms for the Translation of Biblical Texts for Use in the Liturgy | EWTN". EWTN Global Catholic Television Network . Retrieved 2021-10-25.