The New Jerusalem's dimensions reveal a 1,500-mile cube, proving that God will create an enormous new Earth to hold it.
Scripture records that the length, breadth, and height of the city are equal (Revelation 21:16). Les Feldick identifies that measurement as 1,500 miles in each direction, and uses it to show that the new Earth will be a planet of staggering size, with ample room for billions of saints.
Revelation 21:16 — This verse directly describes the dimensions of the New Jerusalem, stating that its length, breadth, and height are equal.
Revelation 21:2 records the apostle John seeing 'the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.' In Revelation 21:10, the angel carries John away to a great and high mountain and shows him 'that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.' Then Revelation 21:16 gives the measurements: 'And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.' Scripture therefore presents the New Jerusalem as a city whose length, breadth, and height are all equal, and Revelation 21:1 declares that John saw 'a new heaven and a new earth,' which is the context for this city's appearance.
Les Feldick says the New Jerusalem will be a city of staggering proportions: 1,500 miles long, 1,500 miles wide, and 1,500 miles high (Clip 1). He immediately connects that size to a new Earth, saying it will take a tremendous planet to hold such a city and keep it in orbit. He goes on to point out that the new Earth will be so huge that Jupiter will look like a playground marble, and because there is no ocean, every bit of it will be habitable (Clip 3). The city's dimensions, he says, guarantee that believers will never be crowded, even though billions upon billions of people will be in glory. Les also describes the New Jerusalem as 'the bride, the Lamb's wife' — a term of position—and considers it likely that Jerusalem will be the center of the New Earth, with the river of the water of life flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb (Clips 0, 2).
Scripture says the length, breadth, and height of the New Jerusalem are equal (Revelation 21:16). Les Feldick gives the size as 1,500 miles long, 1,500 miles wide, and 1,500 miles high, making it a massive cube rather than a one-story city (Clip 1).
Les says a city 1,500 miles in each direction is so large that it will take a tremendous planet just to hold it and keep it in orbit. He pictures the new Earth as enormous—so huge that Jupiter will look like a playground marble—and, since there is no ocean, every bit of it will be habitable (Clips 1, 3).
No. Les teaches that billions upon billions of people will be in God's eternal state, including millions of infants who die in the third world and aborted little ones, but the new Earth's vast size means there will be ample room for everybody. He says, 'don't ever get the idea that it's going to be crowded' (Clip 3).
Scripture calls the New Jerusalem 'the bride, the Lamb's wife' in Revelation 21:9, and Les says these are terms of position rather than a description of communal living. He also teaches that Jerusalem will likely be the center of the New Earth, with the river of the water of life flowing out from the throne of God and of the Lamb (Clips 0, 2).
The New Jerusalem as the Bride
Les points out that the New Jerusalem is called 'the bride, the Lamb's wife,' showing the city's personal place in eternity.
The 1,500-Mile Cube
Les explains the New Jerusalem's size as 1,500 miles long, wide, and high, and says a tremendous planet is needed just to hold it and keep it in orbit.
The City at the Center of the New Earth
Les says Jerusalem will likely be the center of the New Earth and that the river of the water of life will proceed out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
The Huge New Earth and Its Many Inhabitants
Les connects the enormous dimensions to the billions of people in the eternal state, including infants who died, and assures us there will be ample room because the new Earth will be so huge.
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Revelation 21:1: And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
This verse announces the new Earth that Les says is necessary to hold the New Jerusalem.
Revelation 21:2: And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
This introduces the New Jerusalem as a city coming down from God, described in bride-like language.
Revelation 21:9: And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
This is the verse Les references when he calls the New Jerusalem 'the bride, the Lamb's wife.'
Revelation 21:16: And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
This is the central verse on the New Jerusalem's dimensions, showing the city is equally long, broad, and high.
According to Les Feldick, the New Jerusalem will be 1,500 miles long, 1,500 miles wide, and 1,500 miles high. Scripture says the length, breadth, and height are equal, making it a cube-shaped city of enormous size.
Les says a city that large will need a tremendous planet to hold it and keep it in orbit. The new Earth will be enormous, with no oceans, so the city can rest upon it without crowding its inhabitants.
No. Les says there will be billions upon billions of people in glory, but the new Earth is so huge that Jupiter will look like a playground marble. Every bit of it will be habitable, and believers will also rule and reign across the heavens.
Les explains that the New Jerusalem is called 'the bride, the Lamb's wife,' and he sees it as a term of position rather than a picture of community living. The city is connected to the bride of Christ in Revelation 21.
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