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The New Jerusalem is not limited to eschatology, however. Many Christians view the New Jerusalem as a current reality, that the New Jerusalem is the consummation of the Body of Christ, the Church and that Christians already take part in membership of both the heavenly Jerusalem and the earthly Church in a kind of dual citizenship. [19]
Description of the New Jerusalem from Qumran and Revelation 21-22 both include descriptions of precious stones adorning the city, suggesting the fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy. Also, the guidance of the angel and the measuring rod used in Revelation 21:9–10 and 15-17 are modeled on Ezekiel 40 - 48 , as are the same motifs in the description ...
The beginning part of this section (verses 9–10) forms a parallel with Revelation 17:1–3, which is similar to the parallel between Revelation 19:9–10 and Revelation 22:6–9, indicating a distinct marking of a pair of passages about Babylon and the New Jerusalem with Revelation 19:11–21:8 as a transition from the destruction of Babylon ...
In the same book the church appears as the Lamb's wife, the new Jerusalem descending from heaven; and St. Paul's teaching (Ephesians 1:3) might be thrown into the form that the church existed in God's election before the foundation of the world.
A diagram of the "New Jerusalem" sacred geometry structure of quasi-mystical author John Michell. Color code: Grey The twelve moon-diameter circles ("pearls" or "gates"). Relative linear size 3. Green The basic earth-diameter circle (its circumference is tangent to the circumferences of the twelve circles). Relative linear size 11. Brown
The Blessed at the gate to heaven with St. Peter (1467–1471) by Hans Memling Pearly gates is an informal name for the gateway to Heaven according to some Christian denominations . It is inspired by the description of the New Jerusalem in Revelation 21:21 : "The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl."
The Apocalypse Tapestry is a large medieval set of tapestries commissioned by Louis I, the Duke of Anjou, and woven in Paris between 1377 and 1382.It depicts the story of the Apocalypse from the Book of Revelation by Saint John the Divine in colourful images, spread over six tapestries that originally totalled 90 scenes, and were about six metres high, and 140 metres long in total.
The New Jerusalem will be built on the American continent (Revelation 3:12, 21:1-5, 3 Nephi 20:22, Ether 13:3-6, 10, Moses 7:62). Earth will be restored to a state of paradise as it was in the Garden of Eden (Ezekiel 36:35). The righteous dead will be resurrected as Jesus was (Revelation 20:4, D&C 29:11).