The Measuring of the City

Rev 21:15-17 John records that the Angel who talked with him "had a golden reed to measure the city."

It is not only that certain measurements are given, but that the City is measured; as we read, "he measured the City," and again, "he measured the wall."

This indicates that the City is tested by being measured and that all answers to the Divine test. All is found to be exact; nothing falls short of perfection, nothing is out of place, for "the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal."

Gold is the well known symbol of Divine righteousness. The City being measured by the golden reed thus sets forth that all is tested by Divine righteousness with the result that the City, the gates and the walls entirely meet the requirements of Divine righteousness.

The City is thus the display of the righteousness of God in Christ — the answer to the cross of Christ (2 Cor. 5: 21).

The Materials of the City (Rev 21:18-21)