21:9 拿著七個金碗、盛滿末後七災的七位天使中，有一位來對我說：「你到這裡來，我要將新婦，就是羔羊的妻，指給你看。」
21:10 我被聖靈感動，天使就帶我到一座高大的山，將那由上帝那裡、從天而降的聖城耶路撒冷指示我。
21:11 城中有上帝的榮耀；城的光輝如同極貴的寶石，好像碧玉，明如水晶。
21:12 有高大的牆，有十二個門，門上有十二位天使，門上又寫著以色列十二個支派的名字。
21:13 東邊有三門，北邊有三門，南邊有三門，西邊有三門。
21:14 城牆有十二根基，根基上有羔羊十二使徒的名字。
Then came one of the seven angels who had
the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying,
"Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb." And he
carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy
city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God, its
radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. It had a
great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the
gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed— 13
on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates,
and on the west three gates. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations,
and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
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在這裡使徒約翰用一個城市，來代表上帝的國降臨，就是聖城耶路撒冷！
這城在猶太人來說，是君王的城，也是聖殿所在的城，他們要去那裏過節敬拜上帝！所以，那城更是上帝的城，是人與上帝相遇之處。也因此，論道天國的時候，會說到這城。
在這城更是有十二支派的名和十二使徒為根基，使人感受到教會和以色列在上帝的國中是合一的！所以，新約與舊約也是不分開的，願上帝賜福在每一個閱讀聖經的人！
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