Is There Any Scripture That Describes the Size of the City Foursquare That Comes Out of Heaven?
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.
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Future home of the heavenly Bridegroom and the earthly Bride
64-0802 §193
On this throne, look so high, the new city with its foundations, twelve gates, Jesus the headstone, the apostles judging the twelve tribes. The pyramid of Enoch casts no shadow no time of the day. I've been in Egypt at the pyramids. It's so geographically fixed, and in the dimensions of this great geometrical figure; that no matter where the sun is, there is never a shadow around the pyramid. See how it is? And there'll never be no night there. Him on top of the mountain floods it with his glory. His glory-light wi...
Questions and Answers, Part 3
64-0830M §16
Now, if I ... I think if you'll play the tape ... (I don't know who wrote it; no name was signed, just a little piece of paper with blue ink, wrote out of a little notebook. Looked like it's been tore off from a little notebook.) But remember, on this, in this question now, in the tape, if you'll notice, I said this, something on this (might not be the word by word now, if you check this tape with the other one): I said, "For instance, we are here this morning. This city that we long to see will be some fifteen hun...
Questions and Answers, Part 1
64-0823M §148
QUESTION: Brother Branham ... (There's another one, different altogether.) Brother Branham, some understood you to say in your message of the "Future Home of the Bride and Groom" was to be (No, this is different.)--- be fifteen hundred miles from the tabernacle---square---seven hundred each way (In other words, the tabernacle setting right in the middle would be seven hundred each way---be fifteen hundred miles. Oh!)--- each way. Is this true? I live outside of this area; should I move into it? No, Honey, don't you...
Future home of the heavenly Bridegroom and the earthly Bride
64-0802 §188
Remember, Satan tried to tempt Him one time on top of a mountain. See? The new city has twelve foundations, as we went through it: the twelve patriarchs, 144 cubits being the breastplate of Aaron, twelve gates of pearl, twelve disciples' names. Jesus stand the headstone on the throne, when his saints has crowned Him the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, and He's the headstone.
Revelation, Chapter 4b Twenty-Four Elders
61-0101 §124
That "elders," the twenty and four elders. All right. Over in Revelation, we find this. In the book of Revelation, about the twenty-first chapter, we find that the city of Jerusalem had twelve foundations. Is that right? And he had twelve gates. That was three on each side, three four's is twelve. Just exactly the way the tabernacle sat in the wilderness. For John said exactly and saw exactly the same thing that Moses saw when he was up there, same thing that Paul saw. And now we notice that the twelve foundations...