Revelation 21:9-17 describes for us the New Jerusalem with it's dimensions and some other interesting characteristics. These details are given throughout the chapter, but of great interest is what we see in verse 12 and then in verse 14.

There is an awful doctrine in many churches today which hold the belief that Israel has been replaced by the church (Replacement Theology) Yet in these 2 verses the eternal Jerusalem will have the names of the 12 Tribes of Israel and the names of the 12 Apostles.

Unlike us, God is completely capable of keeping covenants and in the Forever Kingdom that ability will be on full display. There are other fascinating details, as we should imagine, the Old Testament prophets we given glimpses of some details but in Revelation John fully explains them, though they still defy our understanding, since there has never been anything like what John sees.

This is God putting things back in their proper order and making things as he always intended them. Mankind in fellowship with Him, free of the corruption of sin and death.
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