The New Jerusalem (Revelation 21)

Depiction of Revelation 21: A New Heaven and a New Earth and Revelation 22: Eden Restored Revelation 21 2 „I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven…“ 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. 12 It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. 13 There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west. 14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 16 The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia (2200 km/ 1400 mi) in length, and as wide and high as it is long. 17 The angel measured the wall using human measurement, and it was 144