New Jerusalem
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New Jerusalem is the concept of Jerusalem (in the definite or indefinite sense) as being renewed or rebuilt, either in the present day or in the future, either at the Temple Mount or in a different location. Definitions of "New Jerusalem" differ from theology to theology.
The New Jerusalem is on a "exalting/explained" level (cube/jewels) in the Book of Revelation as a "counterpart" to the City Of Jerusalem, descending from God down to earth.
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New Jerusalem in the New Testament
New Testament, Revelation 22: "And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him. They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever".
In the New Testament, the term New Jerusalem occurs two times: verses 3:12 and 21:2 in the Book of Revelation. It is mentioned in 21:16 as being 12,000 stadia by 12,000 stadia at the base. A stadion is usually stated as 185.4 meters, therefore it has a base of:
- (12000*185.4/1000)² ≅ 4.9 million square kilometers,
which is larger than the 3,892,685 km² of the 25 states of the European Union in 2005, but smaller than the 7,617,930 km² of Australia. If in the form of a pyramid, the New Jerusalem therefore also has a volume of:
- (12000*185.4/1000)³/3 ≅ 3.7 thousand million cubic kilometers.
If in the form of a cube, it would have a volume of:
- (12000*185.4/1000)³ ≅ 11 thousand million cubic kilometers,
which is larger than the volume of all oceans on Earth. In comparison, the moon has a volume of around 22 thousand million cubic kilometers.
Ye "large" and even "larger" if you take those "12,000" X "12,000" = "144 000". ;)
And when you take "12" ("months/time(s)" X "12" ("months/time") = "144" ("eternal time/times/stadia" ETC) so its "big":)
Church of the New Jerusalem
Ecclesiastic Swedenborgians often refer to their organizations as part of or contributing to the New Jerusalem as explained by Emanuel Swedenborg in such books as New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine and Apocalypse Revealed and Apocalypse Explained. According to these books, the New Jerusalem described in the Bible was a symbol for a new dispensation that was to replace/restore Christianity. Also according to these books, this New Jerusalem began to be established around 1757.
New Jerusalem in America
Lutheran minister John Christopher Hartwick unsuccessfully attempted to establish the utopian community of New Jerusalem in Otsego County, New York and elsewhere.
Latter-day Saint Prophet Joseph Smith, Jr. prophesied that the New Jerusalem will be established at the site of the current city of Independence, Missouri.
New Jerusalem is also the slang nickname of New Jersey
Possibility of New Jerusalem mentioned in the Qur'an and Hadith
The Qur'an and the Hadith mentioned the moon splitting.
The volume of the moon is 2.1958×1010 km3 which is roughly equal to twice the volume of New Jerusalem (if in the form of a cube) mentioned in the Book of Revelation, as calculated above.
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