v. 1 There is no sea - there are no peoples (one kingdom).
v. 2-3 Jerusalem – bride - church.
v. 5 Creator creates everything new, that is, again.
v. 6 The 3rd time – FINISHED Rev 16:17, Jh 19:30.
v. 9 And one of the seven angels came to me, who had seven bowls full of the seven last sores, and said to me: "Go, I will show you the wife, the bride of the Lamb." The angel is not with a seal or a trumpet, but with a bowl. It's his mission not to do evil, but to prepare a bride.
v. 10 … the holy Jerusalem that descended from heaven from God.
Church will become blameless not on earth, but in heaven. There will be admiration of the Church.
v. 11 He has the glory of God (Jerusalem) ... Glory is not the Church itself.
v. 12-13 A gate from all directions, not like a temple and a tabernacle, only one from the east.
Is 43:5-6 … I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
Not Jews separately and Church separately, there is no sea.
Gal 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, …
v. 14 foundation is the teaching of the Apostles, not Moses, there is no law. This is the foundation for all, for Israel and for the Church.
v. 15 Again measuring?
v. 16 12.000 stages (2.160 km) – the fullness of the family of God. 3 dimensions are equal, so it was only in the Holy of Holies - the place of God's presence.
v. 17 wall 144 cubits (70 m) 12X12.
v. 22 temple – God, Church – tabernacle, connection.
v. 25 The gate will not be locked, it's not a prison.
v. 26 glory of the nations, he best is not lost on earth,
v. 27 Everything bad will be lost forever!
