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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Revelation~
Chapter 21 – The New Jerusalem
“It has been inferred from the above text
that the New Jerusalem City is to be as high as
it is long, and that its length will be twelve
thousand furlongs, or fifteen hundred miles. It
seems to us entirely unnecessary to place such
a construction upon the language. The word
equal does not always mean the same as to
dimensions or position; it is frequently used in
the sense of proportion. If we were to say that
the length and the breadth and the height of
the city were in proportion, we should not
violate the language.” This view is taken by Jas.
Du Pui, A. M., in his Exposition of the
Apocalypse. The following from Thomas
Wicks, author of Lectures on the Apocalypse,
presents the same idea: “The language,
however, will bear another meaning, which is
far more natural. It is not that the length and
breadth and height were severally equal to
