Revelation 21 23 to 22 2

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23 - On the east side (of the heavenly Jerusalem, that John saw come down to Earth) there were three gates, on the north side there were three gates, with three gates on the south side, and also on the west side. The four sides of the heavenly city having three gates each. 14 And the wall of the city had twelve (great) foundation stones, and upon the foundation stones were engraved the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

     15 And the one who spoke with me had a measuring rod made of gold in order to measure the city and its gates and its walls. 16 The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his measuring rod, 12,000 stadia. Its length and width and height are equal. 17 He also measured its wall, 144 cubits by human measurement, which is also an angel's measurement. (All of it a cube?) 18 The wall was built of jasper, while the city was pure gold and {radiant} like clear glass. 19 The foundation stones 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, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the them made of a single pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

     22 But I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. 23 And the city actually has no need of sun or moon to shine upon it! For the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb, 24 and by its light will the nations walk, and the kings of earth will bring their glory into it, 25 and its gates will never be shut by day. And there shall be no night there. 26 They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. 27 But nothing unclean can enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.

     22:1 - Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, and it was as bright and clear as crystal. And it flowed from the throne of God and of the Lamb, 2 and it flowed through the middle of the street of the city. And on either side of the river, was the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, each for its month. The leaves of the tree being for the service and care of the nations. …{A spiritual picture within a literal picture!? Or vice versa?}

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