Revelation 21:16
And the city is laid out foursquare, shaped like a cube, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the Ir Hakodesh with the rod across and it measured Shneym Asar (Twelve) thousand stadia (fifteen hundred miles); the length and the breadth and the height are equal.
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Ezekiel 41:4So he measured the depth thereof, twenty cubits; and the width, twenty cubits, along the Heikhal; and he + 41:4 the angelic being said unto me, This is the Kodesh HaKodashim.
Ezekiel 48:35It was all around eighteen elef in circumference; and the shem of the Ir from that day shall be, Hashem Shammah ( Hashem is there). + 48:35 T.N. Ezek 34:24 speaks of the Davidic Nasi. Here is a Messianic Kingdom where Hashem has His Prince who is also referred to in 37:25; 44:3; 45:7,16-17,22; 46:2-18; 48:21-22. Anytime a Davidic ruler is mentioned in Scripture, that Davidic office points forward to Moshiach, even if the foreshadow only imperfectly (see Ezek 45:22) points toward the perfect fulfillment to come.
Matthew Henry on Revelation 21:10-27
The New Jerusalem. ( a. d. 95.) 9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. 10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, 11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; 12 And had a… Read the whole commentary →