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Revelation 21:10–21 — New Jerusalem and its wall
Revelation 21:9–27 reveals New Jerusalem as both the bride, the Lamb’s wife, and a radiant holy city descending from God. Its gates, foundations, precious stones, measured perfection, absence of a temple, divine light, and open gates gather imagery from Israel, Eden, temple, and prophetic restoration promises. God and the Lamb are its temple and glory, while nothing defiling enters it.
Nehemiah celebrates Jerusalem’s restored wall as a major postexilic achievement; Revelation’s New Jerusalem possesses a perfected wall and gates within the final new-creation city. The connection traces Jerusalem-and-wall imagery toward canonical consummation while emphasizing that the differences are greater than a one-to-one architectural type.
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