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Revelation 21

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Revelation 21 . 6

6 And He told me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.TOSKRevelation 21:6TTOath of God (Unchangeable Counsel) Elisha (Double Portion of Spirit) The Beginning (Christ as the Archē of Creation)

Revelation 21 . 7

7 The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.IP2 Samuel 7:14TOSKRevelation 21:7TTOath of God (Unchangeable Counsel) Covenant Succession (Inheritance and Election) Isaac (Child of Promise) Spies and Unbelief (Testing God's Promise)LTSonshipATNThe Davidic Covenant

Revelation 21 . 8

8 But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death."TOSKRevelation 21:8TTEsau (The Profane Person)

Revelation 21 . 9

9 Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb."IPEzekiel 40:1-2TOSKRevelation 21:9TTRebekah (Bride Sought for the Son) Ruth (Gentile Bride) Marriage (Christ and His Bride)

Revelation 21 . 10

10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,TOSKRevelation 21:10TTGlory-Cloud (Divine Presence)

Revelation 21 . 11

11 shining with the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, as clear as crystal.TOSKRevelation 21:11TTSolomon's Temple (Glory of God's Dwelling)

Revelation 21 . 12

12 The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates.IPExodus 28:17-20TOSKRevelation 21:12TTBreastplate of Judgment (Bearing the Names on the Heart)

Revelation 21 . 13

13 There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west.TOSKRevelation 21:13

Revelation 21 . 14

14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.TOSKRevelation 21:14TTStone and Cornerstone (Rejected Foundation)

Revelation 21 . 15

15 The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls.TOSKRevelation 21:15

Revelation 21 . 16

16 The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height.TOSKRevelation 21:16TTEden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City) Zerubbabel (Royal Seed Rebuilding)

Revelation 21 . 17

17 And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.TOSKRevelation 21:17

Revelation 21 . 18

18 The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass.TOSKRevelation 21:18

Revelation 21 . 19

19 The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,TOSKRevelation 21:19TTBreastplate of Judgment (Bearing the Names on the Heart)

Revelation 21 . 20

20 the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.TOSKRevelation 21:20TTBreastplate of Judgment (Bearing the Names on the Heart)

Revelation 21 . 21

21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.TOSKRevelation 21:21TTBreastplate of Judgment (Bearing the Names on the Heart)