Secrets from Beyond The Grave

Sardonyx Red and white The sixth foundation Sardius Bright red The seventh foundation Chrysolite Golden yellow The eighth foundation Beryl Blue green The ninth foundation Topaz Yellow green The tenth foundation Chrysoprase Apple green The eleventh foundation Jacinth Blue The twelfth foundation Amethyst Purple

It is interesting to note how these colors blend from a dark green foundation all the way to a purple on top. A rainbow consists of a progression of colors--red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Many of these stones on the city walls are also the stones found on the breastplate of the Old Testament high priest (Exod. 39:10-13). Each foundational stone has the name of an apostle carved into the actual walls. The city has twelve gates at the foundation with twelve angels stationed at each gate. There are three on the north, three on the south, three entrances on the east, and three on the west. Above these twelve gates are carved the names of the twelve tribes of Israel (Rev. 21:12). Each of the huge gates is made with one large pearl (v. 21). Christ gave a parable about one pearl a merchant found that was so valuable he sold all his possessions to purchase the pearl. This parable was a parable of the kingdom (Matt. 13:45-46). The pearl is the gospel, and the twelve gates are a picture of the gospel that came through Christ and His twelve apostles. Heaven May Be Shaped Like a Pyramid Ministers and scholars have always assumed that the New Jerusalem is a giant square, a multicolored gem-covered cube. This is because the city is as high as it is wide. However, the city may actually be in the form of a pyramid. The base would be fifteen-hundred-miles square, and from the center of the base to the top of the capstone would be fifteen hundred miles. The pyramid concept has some support in the fact that the pyramid is one of the world's oldest geometrical forms. Pyramids were constructed in Egypt and are also found in other places. Where did this idea and form originate among the ancients? The pyramids were used among the Egyptians to bury their pharaohs, with the belief they entered an afterlife from the pyramid.