Vision for Mission: Nurturing an Apostolic Heart

Ses s i on 7: The Consummat i on of the Ki ngdom 83

d. Walls 216 feet high, twelve gates (bearing names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles)

3. The River of Life, Rev. 22

a. Rich symbolism: the river of life flowing from the throne through middle of the street of the city

b. Ezekiel 47 and Zechariah 14.8

(1) In Ezekiel, in the first third of a mile, the river is ankle-deep, the second third is knee-deep, a full mile was waist deep, and in a mile and one-third, it was so deep that no wading was possible. What is it fifteen miles along? (2) In Zechariah, two rivers, flowing out of Jerusalem, one east and one west (fertility, abundance, universality, refreshment)

4. The Tree of Life

a. Twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month

b. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

c. “No more curse”