New Jerusalem is a Cube, the Holy of Holies

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Revelation 21:16b: “the length and the breadth and the height of [New Jerusalem] are equal.”

The measurement of the New Jerusalem shows that it is a cube with three equal dimensions. This means that the entire New Jerusalem is straight, perfect, and complete, without any defect, bias, obliqueness, or shortage. The dimensions of the Holy of Holies, both in the tabernacle and the temple, are equal in length, breadth, and height (Exo. 26:2-8; 1 Kings 6:20). Hence, that the length, the breadth, and the height of the New Jerusalem are equal signifies that the entire New Jerusalem will be the Holy of Holies.*

New JerusalemThe tabernacle and the physical temple had three sections: the outer court with the offering altar and laver, the holy place with the table and lampstand, and the holy of holies. In contrast, New Jerusalem is only the innermost holy of holies; the outer court and holy place are no more.

This shows that we have fully passed through the outer court and holy place. We are permanently in the holy of holies and have no more need to participate in their activities. Hebrews 9:12 tells us that Christ, after offering Himself on the cross afterwards through resurrection and in ascension “entered once for all into the Holy of Holies.”

Now He is interceding for us in the heavenlies and “He is able to save to the uttermost those who come forward to God through Him” (Heb. 7:25). To be saved to the uttermost is to be saved fully into New Jerusalem as the holy of holies.

* From chapter 37, Witness LeeGod’s New Testament Economy, published by Living Stream Ministry, © Witness Lee, 1986.

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Posted by Don on April 17, 2023

New Jerusalem is a Cube, the Holy of Holies

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