Is There Any Scripture That Describes the Size of the City Foursquare That Comes Out of Heaven?

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Answered by True Bible Teachings AI on 8/3/2026

1) Direct Answer
Yes. The Bible gives the size in Revelation 21:15–17.

2) Scriptural Explanation
The Bible says the angel “measured the city… The city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth… twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal… And he measured the wall… an hundred and forty and four cubits” (Revelation 21:15–17).

3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- “Foursquare” means its length, width, and height are the same.
- Twelve thousand furlongs equals about 1,500 miles, so the city is about 1,500 miles long, 1,500 miles wide, and 1,500 miles high.
- The wall measures 144 cubits (about 216 feet if using an 18-inch cubit).

4) Reinforcing Statement
Now notice, the Scripture itself sets the dimensions. The city that comes down from God out of heaven is measured by God’s own standard—foursquare, twelve thousand furlongs each way.

What did the Laodicean Church Age (our age) Angel (- messenger) Say about this?

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Revelation, Chapter 4b Twenty-Four Elders

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61-0101 §100

...gh the Shekinah glory. Next, He come and was made flesh and dwelt among us, still wearing His patience. Then, He redeemed man by His blood, came into His church in the form of the Holy Ghost. And speak against that, it's a finished thing, done. Now you can see where the shaking comes, where the time they don't realize. People can't comprehend what it means.

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An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages

Chapter 9: The Laodicean Church Age

CAB 9:E-81

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An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages

Chapter 7: The Sardisean Church Age

CAB 7:E-69

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Future home of the heavenly Bridegroom and the earthly Bride

Sunday, the 2nd of August of 1964 at the Branham Tabernacle in Jeffersonville, Indiana, U.S.A.

64-0802 §175

...hall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord." Oh!---all my holy mountain. Remember, it's always a mountain. If the walls were straight up and down, the city could only be seen from the outside---or from the inside. The throne can only be seen from the inside. But notice, it would be seen only from the inside, but now we see the promise of Isaiah 4:5. Let's just read it.

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Chapter 8: The Philadelphian Church Age

CAB 8:E-2

Philadelphia Philadelphia was seventy-five miles southeast of Sardis. It was the second largest city in Lydia. It was built upon several hills in a famous wine-growing district. Its coins bore the head of Bacchus and the figure of a Baccante (priestess of Bacchus). The population of the city included Jews, Christians of Jewish origin, and converts from heathenism. The city suffered frequent earthquakes, yet its duration was the longest of the seven cities of Revelation. In fact the city still exists under the Turki...

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