15The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and its walls. 16The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—twelve thousand stadia in length and width and height. 17And he measured its wall to be one hundred forty-four cubits,e by the human measure the angel was using.
Let’s do the math!
The Greek word “stadia”; an ancient Roman or Greek measure of length, about 185 meters.
The equivalent of 12,000 stadia
equals 2,220.000 meters, and is 1367.01662 miles.
1367 miles length,
1367 miles wide,
1367 miles height!
But is it a cube or pyramid?
I believe it’s a cube but we won’t know until it’s created by God!
“6The city lies foursquare”
foursquare: (adjective)
- (of a building or structure) having a square shape and solid appearance.
But what is a cubit? Cubit is an ancient for of measure usually from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow. On average about 18 inches.
144 cubits x 18”= 2,592” / 12”= 216 feet tall!
A city that is 1367 miles square with a wall surrounding it 216 feet tall!
That’s one big city!
Blessings, David
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