Streets of Gold!

“And the street of the city was pure Gold, like transparent glass.“ (Rev. 21:21)

 Have you ever wondered why the streets in the new Jerusalem will be made of Gold? Some Christians have such a distorted view of what heaven will be like. If you asked five people what will heaven be like, you might get five different answers. I found these responses to the question, What do you think heaven will be like?

• A garden with lots of flowers and hot, warm and cool pools to swim in. Birds and fish and animals    too. Nothing ever gets sick, hurt or old. You don’t have     to sleep or eat, no work and no money.
• I personally believe heaven will eventually get boring and turn into almost like a personal hell with a way out.
• Heaven is where I will live with all the dogs that I ever had as pets
• A place where I will do all the things that I enjoy here on Earth

The world’s view of heaven is nothing like that described in the Bible.

After Christ’s return to Earth and the 1000-year reign, God will create a new Heaven and Earth. The Bible does not give us a detailed account of what everything will look like on the new Earth, but we do know that the new Jerusalem will be there. nearly 1,400 miles long, and it is as wide and as high as it is long—the New Jerusalem being in equal in length, width, and depth (Revelation 21:15–17), and the streets will be paved in Gold. Do you know what else was cubed and covered in Gold? The Holy of Holies. In 2 Chronicles, we are given the precise dimensions of the Holy of Holies, “And he made the room of the Holy of Holies: its length across the width of the house was twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits; and he covered it with fine gold, amounting to 600 talents.”  (2 Chron.3:8)

When God dwelt in the Holy of Holies, it was covered  with Gold and was cubed. In the New Jerusalem, we will dwell with God, and the streets in the cubed city will be made of Gold. Gold represents God’s power, dignity, and glory.

Your shepherd,

Pastor Mark