New Jerusalem is Available to All Peoples

    New JerusalemThe holy city “lies foursquare” (Rev. 21:16) with three gates on each of the four sides: “On the east three gates, and on the north three gates, and on the south three gates, and on the west three gates” (v. 13). The gates on the four sides are toward the four directions of the earth, signifying the availability of the entrance of the holy city to all the peoples of the earth (5:9).*

    The holy city is New Jerusalem and this city is the ultimate manifestation of the kingdom of God. Its gates are on all four sides to be available to humanity “out of every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues” (Rev. 7:9). The “out of” is important. The Lord’s salvation not only redeems and regenerates us; it also brings us out of all divisions of fallen mankind. “We who are many are one Body in Christ” (Rom. 12:5).

    This heavenly gathering is a fulfillment of what the Lord Jesus spoke in Matthew 24:14, “this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole inhabited earth for a testimony to all the nations.” New Jerusalem will brightly manifest this testimony.


    * Life-Study of the New Testament, Conclusion Messages: The Church, the Kingdom, and the New Jerusalem, message 261, p. 2725-26, by Witness Lee. Published 1998 and © by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, California.

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    Posted by Don on January 27, 2025

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