Epiphan., loc. When we see His glory we will be transformed into His very likeness. Thank you so much,This got drops of tears out of my eyes, how amazing and all knowing GOD is. Jesus is called the "Salvation of God." ....17“You shall mount on it four rows of stones; the first row shall be a row of ruby, topaz and emerald; 18and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire and a diamond; 19and the third row a jacinth, an agate and an amethyst; 20and the fourth row a beryl and an onyx and a jasper; they shall be set in gold filigree. 21:19-20). And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand furlongs. In each one of us God is building the character of Jesus Christ in our spirit-man whether we know it or not. Jesus is the wall, the salvation of the city within His overcoming people. It’s A Wrap – New Jerusalem’s Twelve Foundation Stones. When this unification takes place, the body of Christ will have fulfilled the Lord's priestly prayer, "And the glory which Thou hast given Me I have given to them; that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be perfected (complete) in unity, that the world may know that Thou didst send Me, and didst love them, even as Thou didst love Me" (John 17:22-23 NAS). Rev 21:14 (NAS) I have studied a lot about the book of Revelation and had never heard of anyone giving attention to the twelve foundations of the New Jerusalem. That is what our future looks like for you and me my friend. This book teaches teens and children the 12 truths of God found in the foundation stones in the New Jerusalem in Heaven. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from Him who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne. "And Joseph named the first-born Manasseh, "For, he said,"` "God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household" (Genesis 41:51). They are small stones that caused an irritant and have become beautiful gemstones in the oyster's mouth. Cry out to God for wisdom so that you also maybe prepared for the day of the Lord that is soon to break forth upon us in great darkness and power. Matt 7:24-26 (NAS). These engraved stones represent the value and the worthiness of His people, God considers us as a priceless gems. We must understand that WE are NOW building God's temple within our self by what we are partaking of and by how we are living it out each day in the fires of life. Rev 1:4 (NAS). 2:17). This good news should give us purpose, strength, and give meaning to live life to the fullest through all our trails and tribulations with thanksgiving. The dam is about to break and how will we stand if we are not built precisely upon the twelve foundations of truth? Eph 1:17-19 (NAS), For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. 3:5a This traditional identification, is based upon the remark that the twelve foundation stones of the celestial city in Apoc., xxi, 19-20, correspond to the twelve stones … Now is the time to ask and believe for them in your life! This stone is probably the same as hyacinth (St. Can you imagine a builder saying he is finished with the building when there is only a foundation? 13There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west. He is over joyed to call us His brethren, family, and friend because that is who we are, we have His same Spirit living and abiding in us as He is in Jesus. If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are" (1 Corinthians 3:13-17 NAS). Precious Stones in the New Jerusalem General Description of the New Jerusalem from Revelation 21. ). For the first foundation stone, brilliant and the strongest of stones. All the overcomers throughout the ages are represented through the symbolic number of 144,000 that come through the gates into the city of God. In St. John the Divine's vision of the Heavenly Jerusalem, the City stood on a foundation of twelve stones, each correlating with one of the stones of the breast plate. "Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts upon them, may be compared to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock. We are to be built upon the truth that Jesus is the Christ, He is salvation, the [WALL] of deliverance, protection, and provision. 9 It was square—a span long and a span wide—and folded double. I support this assumption, amazing, everything meant something, HE does all with great precision!! The scriptures are very clear that we are joint-heirs with Jesus. Rev 21:18 (NAS) We have nothing to hide, but only to give away to those who will come and receive freely and drink from the river of life that is flowing through us from the throne of God. The city's wall was built on twelve foundation stones, on which were written the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. The New Testament writer’s words are truth from God because they are the foundation of true spiritual reality that was imprinted in them for three and a half years when they walked with Jesus. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades shall not overpower it. Remember that it is we the body and bride of Jesus that make up the city. God wants us to know these truths inherently in the book of Revelation, which has been given to us so that we might receive the fullness of Jesus. "And if children, then heirs -- heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together" (Romans 8:17 NKJV). Because there is no other way for us to enter into the fullness of the God but through the doorway of tribulation that God has allowed in our life. He also showed me that we are named in this great city of God, even as we are named amongst the genealogy of Jesus because we are His seed. To be equal means, "identical in size, quantity, value, having the same privileges, rights, status, and opportunities as others, and being evenly balanced between opposing sides." The very name of Jesus means salvation, it means to be delivered, healed, prosperous, and to receive all of heavens goodness. "But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as He preached to His servants the prophets." They only gave us the foundation, the foundation is not the building, it has got to go higher and higher until it fills the universe and all that the Father has made for us to rule over throughout eternity. It has overcome these grains of sand and has turned them into precious stones by having to deal with them on a daily basis! Ex 28:9-10 (NAS). There is no greater reward in life than to have the revelation of Jesus Christ within our heart and then one-day unveil Him to a hurting world. Col 1:9-13 [NAS], So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. Matt 16:18 (NAS). Just as our human bodies are made as one, so will the body of Jesus be made one in Him. Gen. 22:17, If we compare it to a pier and beam foundation, it would be similar to the piers sunk deep into the ground upon which the beams are laid. For all is built upon love because that is what God is. The Lord began to speak this message to me when He woke me up with this vision. To put it around our necks and show it off to others? God instructed twelve men (one from each tribe) to take a stone from the middle of the riverbed (Joshua 4:5), from the place of death—the miry bottom of the riverbed, beneath the waters of judgment. 12The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates. "And he who talked with me had a gold reed to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. 10 Then they mounted four rows of precious stones on it. Jesus is the first born Son and we are added in with Him. Yes, each one of us is to have these characteristics as an overcoming Christian if we want to be sealed with His name. The only way for us to enter into the fullness of the God is for us to go through great tribulations that He allows in our life. The Wall and the bride are constructed out of the same materials because they both represent the SALVATION of our God. were twelve stones with each stone representing one of the twelve tribes of Israel. For these truths to be the authentic foundation in us they cannot be just dogma that we put into our heads from our much learning. This article in our series will discuss the gemstones God will use to construct the walls of New Jerusalem and their relationship to the twelve apostles.This gleaming city, "prepared as a bride adorned for her husband" (Revelation 21:2, HBFV), will be created and brought from heaven to a new earth only after all evil has been purged from the entire universe (see Revelation 20). (See Rev 12:10-14, and Acts 1:15-26) Wouldn't Matthias be considered the 13th apostle, therefore not one of the original 12? That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him. (See Luke 2:30). (See Rev. Jewels are made through much fire and pressure and are very rare because they are not in abundance as are fieldstones. I believe Christians are meant to reflect the glory of Jesus Christ brilliantly. "Each man's work will become evident; for the day will show it, because it is to be revealed with fire; and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work. Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. Do you not know that you are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? – I Pet. Dont forget the pearly gates and streets of gold. While those stones are associated with the twelve apostles, they are also near the twelve gates which are named for the twelve tribes of Israel. "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places" (Ephesians 6:12 KJV). It is through the sons of God ministry that the world will come to know Jesus! The 12 Foundation Stones in New Jerusalem. "In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit" (Ephesians 2:22 KJV). Bartholomew = a son, we are to be like the son of God. I know that tradition has taught us that these are natural pearls. But I ask you, "What are pearls in the natural?" Its length, breadth, and height are equal" Revelation 21:15-16 (NKJV). Love is not the last foundation but the first level that all the others are built upon. Truth [Jesus] must be experienced, like in salvation or the baptism of the Holy Spirit that we may know Him, to live and breathe the reality of Him on a daily basis. We also must have these twelve tribe attributes in our life if we are to enter through the gates of the city. But if we build our lives with the Spirit of truth we will be building with gold, silver, precious stones, which are only purified by fire. The walls are not to keep people out or in but to give them protection in His great salvation. "And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son" (Genesis 30:24 KJV). Someone mentioned the stones on Aaron's breastplate. Remember, Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:13,15, "Until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man (body), to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ." Biblebell ASSUMES that the relationship between Stones (col 1) and Tribes (col 2) is by sequence of birth. When I looked up the Greek words "Before the throne" I find that it could be rendered "On or In the throne" which would be more accurate according to what Revelation 3:1 says, "He who has the seven Spirits of God…" Jesus possess the seven spirits of God within Himself and they are in His body! Isaiah 9:6 says that Jesus has the government (Kingdom) upon His shoulders. Answer: The twelve gates in Revelation 21 belong to the New Jerusalem, which comes down from heaven to the new earth (verse 10), shining with the glory of God (verse 11). Little did I know that God would use it in my life to teach me about the city of God! The words of Jesus are the solid rock that our lives should be built upon, but God also gave the prophets and the apostle’s the other eleven foundational truths that we are to build the kingdom of God higher in our lives. cit.). 19 The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth … These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might. What this means is that the apostles were given foundational truth which is in Christ Jesus, this is the very groundwork that our lives must be built on, but we must go higher than just the foundation. Thank you so very much for your very wise and inligh ting facts SINCERLY Christine lawrence, Replying to Christine L., I recently a few months ago discovered crystals/stones for well being, I was reluctant at first because I thought this was against God.. Thank you for the great search.Jasper was last in the old testament and became first in Rev 21. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. Rev 21:12 (NAS), And you shall mount on it four rows of stones; the first row shall be a row of ruby, topaz and emerald; and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire and a diamond; and the third row a jacinth, an agate and an amethyst; and the fourth row a beryl and an onyx and a jasper; they shall be set in gold filigree. We are the salvation of God because we are the body of Jesus. The first row was carnelian, chrysolite and beryl; 11 the second row was turquoise, lapis lazuli and emerald; 12 the third row was jacinth, agate and amethyst; 13 the fourth row was topaz, onyx and jasper. Huge pearls are the gateway into the city of God. And the wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. We are the "any man" that is NOW building their life upon something that is lasting or something that will burn up in our trials. These six attributes are His energy and effectiveness in the unseen world, which are the spirit of Wisdom, the spirit of Council, the spirit of Understanding, the spirit of Strength, the spirit of Knowledge, the spirit of Fear of God. Thank you, I am very GREATFUL for these very enlightening words,I have met many of CHRISTIANS who dont belive in crystals or are totally against them. Notice that the world, not the church, will stand up and take notice that God did send Jesus for them. In other words, it was not yet complete so don't spend your time there. Gad = "To overcome" Jasper Stone = Jesus our great overcomer. "And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and burst against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock. "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell together in unity" (Psalms 133:1). The description of St. John, who affirms that he actually saw them in Heaven, and the words in Tobias: "The gates of Jerusalem shall be built of sapphire, and of emerald, and all the walls thereof around about of precious stones. The person who brought it said the bracelet was meant to represent the heavenly Jerusalem described in the Book of Revelation (21:18-22), with its 12 foundation stones of precious gems, and streets of gold and gates of solid pearl. Now if you can imagine for a moment the city of God that John likened us to, built out of precious stones that shines with the glory of God for all eternity. A person is what they eat in the natural and what they partake of in the spirit realm. 1 Peter 2:4-6 (NAS). When this takes place in its completeness, the body will have become one like the Godhead. "And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin" (Genesis 35:18 KJV). According to Revelation 21, 10 and 11,a Jasper stone is described thusly: ....he ..( the angel ) showed me that great city, the Holy Jerusalem, descending out of Heaven from God, having the glory of God, and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a Jasper stone, clear as crystal; This sounds to me like a diamond. Because we are not i know them, and height are equal '' Revelation 21:15-16 ( NKJV ) as! 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