Revelation 21:9-11

The New Jerusalem

⁹ Then came _x one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of _y the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, "Come, I will show you _z the Bride, the wife of the Lamb." ¹⁰ And _a he carried me away in the Spirit to _b a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, ¹¹ _c having the glory of God, _d its radiance _e like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.

1. Cross References
   Revelation 17:1
   Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters.
   
2. Cross References
   Revelation 15:1
   Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing, seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is finished.
   
3. Cross References
   Revelation 21:2
   And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
   
4. Cross References
   Revelation 17:3
   And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns.
   Ezekiel 43:5
   The Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the temple.
   
5. Cross References
   Psalms 87:1
   On the holy mount stands the city he founded.
   Ezekiel 40:2
   In visions of God he brought me to the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, on which was a structure like a city to the south.
   
6. Cross References
   Revelation 21:23
   And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.
   Revelation 22:5
   And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
   Psalms 84:11
   For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.
   Ezekiel 43:2
   And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the east. And the sound of his coming was like the sound of many waters, and the earth shone with his glory.
   Ezekiel 43:4
   As the glory of the Lord entered the temple by the gate facing east.
   
7. Cross References
   Matthew 5:14
   You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
   Philippians 2:15
   That you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world.
   
8. Cross References
   Revelation 4:3
   And he who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian, and around the throne was a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald.
   Revelation 4:6
   And before the throne there was as it were a sea of glass, like crystal. And around the throne, on each side of the throne, are four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind: