Les Feldick Bible Study

What is at the twelve gates of the New Jerusalem?

The New Jerusalem has twelve gates, and at those gates are twelve angels, with the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel written on them. Three gates face east, three north, three south, and three west. The city also has a great wall.

Les explains that the New Jerusalem will have twelve gates set in a great wall, and at the gates are twelve angels. The names written on the gates are the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. The gates are arranged three on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west. The wall also has twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles. Les notes the city is immense, 1,500 miles in each direction, beyond our comprehension of gemstones and jewels.

Revelation 21:12

And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: