The New Jerusalem Cube
by Craig Paardekooper (December 2009)
Revelations - the last book of the Bible - contains the striking picture of the New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven. The New Jerusalem is depicted as a cube of side 12000 - having a volume of 12000 x 12000 x 12000 and having 12 gates.
"Then I saw a new Heaven and a new Earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was nolonger any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, 'Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away'
He who was seated on the throne said, 'I am making everything new!' Then he said, 'Write this down for these words are trustworthy and true.'
He said to me: 'It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End'......
And he carried me away in the spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. It shone with the glory of God, and it's brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. It had a great high wall with 12 gates, and with 12 angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the 12 tribes of Israel. There were three gates on the East, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west. The wall of the city had 12 foundations, and on them were the names of the 12 Apostles of the Lamb.
The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls. The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long. He measured it's wall and it was 144 cubits thick, by man's measurement, which the angel was using. "Revelations 21 v 1 - 18
What is quite remarkable is that Genesis 1 v 1 (the beginning of the Bible) also contains a cube. In fact the very first verse of the Bible consists of 7 words made up of 28 letters. When the gematrical value of these letters are multiplied we obtain 288 cubed.
Genesis 1 v 1 = 288 x 288 x 288Also, the letters of the First, Middle and Last words multiply to give 12 x 12 x 12
And the letters of the remaining words multiply to give 24 x 24 x 24
Two other cubes occur in Genesis 1v1.
The letters of the first 5 words multiply to 48 x 48 x 48
The letters of the last 2 words multiply to 6 x 6 x 6
So all together we have 4 inner cubes -
Cube A: 6 x 6 x 6
Cube B: 12 x 12 x 12
Cube C: 24 x 24 x 24
Cube D: 48 x 48 x 48
Each cube forms part of a mathematical sequence - separated from the next cube by 2 x 2 x 2
All within the entire cube of 288 x 288 x 288
God said "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End" - and this strange cube appears in the beginning (Genesis) and at the end (Revelations)
In both cases the cube is a multiple of 12 cubed, and in both cases the cube manifests with the creation of a new Heavens and new Earth.
All this is quite remarkable - the beginning reflects the end. But what is the meaning of this pattern? What is this mysterious cube that appears with the creation of the world?
The Name of the Cube
We have seen that the cube in Genesis 1 v 1 is 288 x 288 x 288
We saw that this cube parallels the cube found in Revelations 21 which has the dimensions 12,000 x 12,000 x 12,000
In both cases the cube is a multiple of 12 cubed, and in both cases the appearance of the cube coincides with the creation of a new heavens and earth.
Well, in Revelations the cube is given a name. It is called "Jerusalem" - in fact "the New Jerusalem"
The gematria for the name "Jerusalem" (as it is used here in Revelations) = 864
864 = Ierousalem = 'Jerusalem'
and we find that
864 = 288 + 288 + 288
It seems a remarkable coincidence that the cube in Genesis has dimensions of 288 x 288 x 288......a numerical embodiment of the very same name..
Perhaps the cube is God, since God is a Trinity, and so could be represented geometrically as a cube.
288 = 2 x 3 x 6 x 8So 288 x 288 x 288 = (2 x 3 x 6 x 8) x (2 x 3 x 6 x 8) x (2 x 3 x 6 x 8)
and 2368 is the gematria for Jesus Christ
The occurrence of this mysterious cube at both the beginning and end of the Bible, caused me to look for other parallels between these verses. This impression was reinforced by the fact that both references to this cube occur in the context of the creation of Heaven and earth. Consequently I decided to see if the creation verse in Genesis 1 v 1 bore any gematrical relationship to the creation verse in Revelations 21 v 1
The New Heavens and New Earth of Revelations 21 v 1 is spoken of in these words -
"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was nolonger any sea"
This verse parallels the Genesis 1 v 1 verse
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth"
Vernon has shown that Genesis 1 v 1 is a multiple of 37
Genesis 1 v 1 = 37 x 73
Vernons Web
Vernon also has shown that Genesis 1 v 1 forms two distinct parts -
- the last two words add to 703, the 37th triangular number
the first five words add to 1998 = 3 x 666This structure has been very thoroughly demonstrated by Vernon.
Genesis 1 v 1 may be represented by a triangle - thus -
Notice how the verse consists of a central triangle (703, the 37th triangular number) surrounded by three triangles each of 666
Now let us turn to the creation verse in Revelations 21 v 1
Using Richards Gematria database (Database Link) and the NestleAland Greek NT we obtain a gematria of 7326 for this verse
7326 is a multiple of 37
7326 = 37 x 3 x 667326 = 6600 + 660 + 66
Genesis 1 v 1 = T37 + 3 x 666
Revelations 21 v 1 = 37 x (3 x 66)The parallelism is extraordinary
What's more, when the two verses are combined we get
2701 + 7326 = 10027 a digital rearrangement of 2701
10027 = 271 x 37 , 271 being itself a digital permutation of 2701
Here is an interesting pattern
Genesis 1 v 1 gives
703 + 3 x 666
Combining the verses (Genesis 1 v 1 + Rev 21 v 1) gives
37 x (73 + 3 x 66)
The number 271 is itself a microcosm of the triangle 2701. Compare -
- 2701 = 703 + 3 x 666
with
- 271 = 73 + 3 x 66
It would be interesting to explore the geometrical relationship between these two creation verses.
What is really remarkable is that the number 271, and 1027 are digital permutations of 2701, the Creation verse.
And 271 is the hexagon at the heart of the Star of Israel
And 1027 is the hexagon that surrounds the Star of Israel
The reason why this is so remarkable is that the Book of Genesis is about the beginning of the world, and the beginning of the nation of Israel.
It begins with Creation, and ends with the birth of a nation.
