“1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and
the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2 And I
John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of
heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a
great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is]
with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and
God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God. 4 And God shall wipe
away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for
the former things are passed away. 5 And he that sat upon the throne
said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for
these words are true and faithful. 6 And he said unto me, It is done. I
am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that
is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. 7 He that
overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall
be my son. 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and
murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all
liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and
brimstone: which is the second death.”
“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 shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife. 10 And he carried
me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed 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 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: 13 On the east three gates; on the north three
gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. 14 And the
wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the
twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15 And he that talked with me had a golden
reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the
breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand
furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. 17
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. 18
And the building of the wall of it was [of] jasper: and the city [was]
pure gold, like unto clear glass. 19 And the foundations of the wall of
the city [were] garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first
foundation [was] jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony;
the fourth, an emerald; 20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the
seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a
chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. 21 And
the twelve gates [were] twelve pearls; every several gate was of one
pearl: and the street of the city [was] pure gold, as it were
transparent glass. 22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God
Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. 23 And the city had no need
of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God
did lighten it, and the Lamb [is] the light thereof. 24 And the nations
of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of
the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. 25 And the gates of
it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. 27
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth,
neither [whatsoever] worketh abomination, or [maketh] a lie: but they
which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.” (Revelation 21:1-27 AV)
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