In the vision of St John length of the city,"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." Compare with the city in Ch.48 of the Book of Ezekiel. The exist "of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures.(48:30-35) and of the other sides also measure the same. Each side has three gate with names of three tribes of Israel. However the height is set in terms of the point fixed. "The Lord is there."It refers to that day signifying that inheritance of the 12 tribes shall occur only after the holy city of God descends from heaven. Thus it is the ground zero to which the lots for the 12 shall take their coordinates.
The city above and the city that Ezekiel describes fall under the foursquare which is not only the Word which is God but also the word that became flesh. He is the Prince the prince of Life to whom Ezekiel refers in Ez.44:3.
An idea of this four square we find in the breastplate of the High Priest. "Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof." (Ex.28:16). It is the breastplate of judgement which is intended by 'being doubled.' The Word is unto salvation and also unto judgment. The same idea we saw in the Book bound with seven seals,"a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals."(Re.5:1) Unto this day is what is' written within' signifies. Accordingly we have the holy city of God and New Jerusalem prepared in heaven and Jerusalem inherited by the Mixed People refers to the vision of Ezekiel.
"Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation," with 12 foundations for walls and the pearl for several gates evoke urim and thummim.
In the vision of St John length of the city,"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." Compare with the city in Ch.48 of the Book of Ezekiel. The exist "of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures.(48:30-35) and of the other sides also measure the same. Each side has three gate with names of three tribes of Israel. However the height is set in terms of the point fixed. "The Lord is there."It refers to that day signifying that inheritance of the 12 tribes shall occur only after the holy city of God descends from heaven. Thus it is the ground zero to which the lots for the 12 shall take their coordinates.
The city above and the city that Ezekiel describes fall under the foursquare which is not only the Word which is God but also the word that became flesh. He is the Prince the prince of Life to whom Ezekiel refers in Ez.44:3.
An idea of this four square we find in the breastplate of the High Priest. "Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof." (Ex.28:16). It is the breastplate of judgement which is intended by 'being doubled.' The Word is unto salvation and also unto judgment. The same idea we saw in the Book bound with seven seals,"a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals."(Re.5:1) Unto this day is what is' written within' signifies. Accordingly we have the holy city of God and New Jerusalem prepared in heaven and Jerusalem inherited by the Mixed People refers to the vision of Ezekiel.
"Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation," with 12 foundations for walls and the pearl for several gates evoke urim and thummim.
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