level would be close to 20 people per square kilometer. By comparison, the population density of Switzerland—not usually thought of as a crowded place—is 182 per square kilometer! This would mean each occupant in the Heavenly City would have a personal plot of 50,000 square meters, which is about the area of 10 football fields. That’s a lot of space. And this is just the density of the “living quarters,” not the population density of the actual total City. All this is, of course, a little fanciful, as we are not told how the City is going to be divided up with regards to housing, nor do we know how many people will be there. But it is interesting to do the math on things and see just how enormous this place is, and how commodious it will be for our eternal living pleasure. We are told specifically that there is one thing not that is there. “But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.”1 The Lord obviously has no use for a church building or temple there, and one wonders if they are very useful in the here and now. If the donated money spent on church buildings was instead channeled into missionary work, imagine how much more good would be accomplished. If only today’s churches would follow this heavenly example. 21:22 1Revelation
level would be close to 20 people per square kilometer. By comparison, the population density of Switzerland—not usually thought of as a crowded place—is 182 per square kilometer! This would mean each occupant in the Heavenly City would have a personal plot of 50,000 square meters, which is about the area of 10 football fields. That’s a lot of space. And this is just the density of the “living quarters,” not the population density of the actual total City. All this is, of course, a little fanciful, as we are not told how the City is going to be divided up with regards to housing, nor do we know how many people will be there. But it is interesting to do the math on things and see just how enormous this place is, and how commodious it will be for our eternal living pleasure. We are told specifically that there is one thing that is not there. “But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.”1 The Lord obviously has no use for a church building or temple there, and one wonders if they are very useful in the here and now. If the donated money spent on church buildings was instead channeled into missionary work, imagine how much more good would be accomplished. If only today’s churches would follow this heavenly example. 1Revelation 21:22
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