What Is New Jerusalem in the Bible Book of Revelation? - JW.ORG
New Jerusalem is a biblical expression for the group of Christians who will rule with Jesus in God's Kingdom. Learn how the Bible describes New Jerusalem as a cube, a bride, and a government that brings blessings to people on earth.
New Jerusalem - JW.ORG
That the New Jerusalem is indeed a heavenly city is further supported by the vision of her that John beheld. Only a symbolic city could have the dimensions and splendor of New Jerusalem. Its base was foursquare, about 555 km (345 mi) on each side, or about 2,220 km (1,379 mi) completely around, that is, 12,000 furlongs.
Revelation 21 | Online Bible | New World Translation
21 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth;+ for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away,+ and the sea+ is no more. 2 I also saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God+ and prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.+ 3 With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: “Look! The tent of God is with ...
The Cross—Is It Biblical? - JW.ORG
WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS Jesus was executed “by hanging on a tree.” (Acts 5:30, The New Jerusalem Bible) Both of the words used by Bible writers to describe the instrument of Jesus’ death suggest one piece of wood, not two. The Greek word stau·rosʹ, according to Crucifixion in Antiquity, means “a pole in the broadest sense. It is not the ...
Jeremiah 17 | Online Bible | New World Translation
Bring the day of calamity on them,+ And crush them and destroy them completely.* 19 This is what Jehovah told me: “Go and stand in the gate of the sons of the people by which the kings of Judah go in and out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem.+ 20 You must say to them, ‘Hear the word of Jehovah, you kings of Judah, all people of Judah, and ...
Jerusalem - JW.ORG
Various factors have restricted investigation or limited its value. Jerusalem has had almost continuous occupation in the Common Era, thus severely reducing the area available for excavation. Then, too, the city was destroyed a number of times, with new cities built on top of the ruins and often made, in part, from material of those ruins. The ...
1 Corinthians 12 | Online Bible | New World Translation
Thanks to this divine gift, Christians in 33 C.E. were able to share “the magnificent things of God” with many foreign sojourners who had come to Jerusalem for the Festival of Pentecost. ( Ac 2:1-12 ) Paul later reminded the Corinthians to use this gift in an orderly way by making sure that the speech was interpreted and that those speaking ...
Ezra 1 | Online Bible | New World Translation
1 In the first year of King Cyrus+ of Persia, in order that Jehovah’s word spoken by Jeremiah+ would be fulfilled, Jehovah stirred the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his kingdom, which he also put in writing,+ saying: 2 “This is what King Cyrus of Persia says, ‘Jehovah the God of the heavens has given me all …
Matthew 25 | Online Bible | New World Translation
Matthew 25:1-46—Read the Bible online or download free. The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures is published by Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Mark 13 | Online Bible | New World Translation
The Mount of Olives (1) is a chain of rounded limestone hills located on the eastern side of Jerusalem and separated from the city by the Kidron Valley. The summit across from the temple mount (2) is about 812 m (2,664 ft) at its highest point and is the one generally referred to in the Bible as the Mount of Olives.