A City Like No Other: Part 2

            The foundation of the heavenly City that descends to the new earth is laid out as a square pyramid, with each side of the base of equal length. It is a walled City with 12 gates guarded by 12 angels. Each of the four sides has three gates as foreshadowed in the encampment of the tribes around the tabernacle during the Exodus. Each gate is made from a singular pearl!
            The wall has 12 foundations, each bearing the name of one of Jesus’ 12 foundational disciples and each adorned with all kinds of precious stones—one type of gem for each foundation. Each base measures 12,000  furlongs. The wall measures 144 cubits in length, width, and height. The wall is made of jasper and the City is made of pure gold. It’s streets are also made of pure gold that looks like transparent glass.
            To get an idea of what this kind of structure looks like, we can either look to the plain of Giza in Egypt or to the back-side of the US one-dollar bill. In both cases, the capstone is not in place. The capstone (Jesus) of the Mountain of the Lord’s House will be in place when the City descends—for the Head and the Body are united as One. We still dwell in the House of the Lord forever and we still serve Him before the throne, for He  has the preeminence.
            End-Time Lesson: It is interesting to note that the pyramid pictured on the US dollar bill is a corrupted version of the monument. If you look closely at the capstone, it is not set in place. Plus it contains an eye—the eye of “enlightenment.” The Latin inscription at its base (nuvus ordo sectorium) reads “favored undertakings.” The design, like much of the architecture and design of the US capitol, comes from Freemasonry, which in itself is a corruption of the Gospel. Needless to say, the symbolism exalts humanism—doing it our way, doing it through politics.
            It is equally interesting to note that the US dollar bill says “In God We Trust.” Is this enough? James 2:19 explains “You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble!”
            John 14:1 (emphasis added) speaks directly to our time, “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.” Why isn’t believing in God enough? “He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him” (John 3:36). 
            1 John 4:2-4 brings it full circle. “By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.”