Imagine! Some day those who are Christ’s will live with Him in the New Jerusalem brought down from heaven to the new heaven and earth. This city with be 1,500 x 1500 x 1,500 square miles and God’s glory will be the source of light in the city. To get a better understanding of how large an area this city will be I’ve included a couple of links at the bottom of the page as reference but it will easily hold over 10 billion people!
So my wife and I were talking about how we love the history of the earth and its people. It was not so much of a classroom historical discussion, because we are by no means anywhere near being any kind of historical experts, but more of a general one about how we both like different time periods and how the people looked and lived and what their culture was like. So as we were talking I came up with the idea that what if the New Jerusalem city had districts based upon time periods? For example, one district could represent the time of Christ while another could represent the Dark Ages and another could represent today. The people that lived during those time periods would inhabit the district they were representatives of but if they chose to visit, or even move, they would be able to experience a new time period, culture, and way of life. The transition between the districts would be subtle enough not to overwhelm a person in the transition and at the same time not take a substantial amount of time to get from one district to another. To put it more plainly you could walk through time and a living museum.
Revelation 21:
New King James Version (NKJV)
All Things Made New
21 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. 2 3 4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. Then I, John,[a] saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
5 Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me,[b] “Write, for these words are true and faithful.”6 And He said to me, “It is done![c] I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. 7 8 But the cowardly, unbelieving,[e] abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”He who overcomes shall inherit all things,[d] and I will be his God and he shall be My son.
The New Jerusalem
9 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me[f] and talked with me, saying, “Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.”[g] 10 11 12 13 three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.Also she had a great and high wall with twelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal. And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy[h] Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,14 Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names[i] of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, The construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. Then he measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. The city is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal. And he who talked with me had a gold reed to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.
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