Revelation 21:9-17

John is shown the New Jerusalem Revelation 21:9-17: The description of the New Jerusalem had to do with the glory of God. There was security because of the gates and the walls that were great and high. There was hope because of the size of the city. It was 1,400 miles in each direction. The city "had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel." (Revelation 21:12)

God provided perfect protection. The wall around the city stood 216 feet high. "And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel." (Revelation 21:17) "We are to conceive of the city itself as towering immensely above the walls. Its glory, therefore, would not be obscured by the wall that was thrown around it for defense."