Looking at the massive size of the new jerusalem
If you've ever sat down and really tried to picture the end of the Book of Revelation, you've probably spent a good amount of time scratching your head over the size of the new jerusalem. It's one of those descriptions in the Bible that feels almost too big to wrap your brain around. Most of the time, we think of "heaven" as some ethereal, cloudy place where physics don't really apply, but the description we get in the text is surprisingly specific. It gives us dimensions, materials, and a layout that sounds more like a high-tech, gargantuan city-state than a floating cloud. ...