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Eternal New Jerusalem: This city is the Eternal City that houses the Eternal Temple, where Jesus applied His sinless blood of atonement on the altar."But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us." Hebrews 9:11-12.The Eternal Temple will be the ultimate resting place of God's Shekinah Glory. It abode with man in the tabernacle until Israel sought after other gods. The glory returned to dwell in the temple built by Solomon. But later, Ezekiel records Shekinah Glory leaving the temple and the city of Jerusalem to return to Heaven."Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed, is he that cometh in the name of the Lord." Matthew 23:38-39.The glorified Jesus, at the End of His ministry, brought the glory back to the Temple in His day, but he was rejected and therefore left the Temple of God empty. The wall of eternal Jerusalem is said to be great and high, emphasizing its protection. The wall will have twelve gates, three on each side, each under the authority of an angel, and named for the twelve tribes of Israel. John refers to the foundations of the wall. The city appears to be shaped like a cube, with the four sides and the height all being equal measurements of 12,000 furlongs (approximately 1,500 miles). If you were to place the city's size in the United States, the footprint would cover the entire eastern half of the country. The whole city is constructed of transparent gold. The height of the city could accommodate buildings having 792,000 floors. The wall surrounding the city will measure 216 feet high. The new Earth will enjoy all the perfections of the first Earth, along with the addition of two additional stones. Each gate is made of a single colossal pearl, and the streets themselves are composed of transparent gold."And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty, and the Lamb are the temple of it.