Could The United States Be The New Jerusalem of The Bible?
COULD THE UNITED STATES BE THE NEW JERUSALEM
NO OTHER NATION FITS ALL DESCRIPTIONS
Most Bible students agree on this, however the geographical size, a 12,000 furlong square (Rev. 21: 16) confuses many. A furlong being 1/8 of a mile, would make this a 1500 mile square which would not fit into our boundaries, but in Biblical days a furlong was 1/10 of a mile, reducing this square to 1200 miles, which fits very nicely. (See Smith’s Bible Dictionary, tables of weights and measures, page 813.)
This encompasses an area of 1,440,000 square miles, which eliminates, not only Old Jerusalem, but the entire State of Israel. Yet, for fear of the Jews, or lack of knowledge, many ministers preach that the bandit State of Israel fulfills Bible Prophecy.
Some Bible Dictionaries appear to disagree with Smith; actually they are just using the modern furlong which is 1/8 of a mile. Perhaps they did not consider it important enough for an in depth study. In those days a “foot” was the length of a man’s foot and that is the exact and only reason for calling it a “foot.” It was customary to use the foot of the King or ruler of that particular area, consequently the measurement varied from one domain to another, depending entirely on the size of the King’s foot. The average man’s foot is ten inches or 5/6 of today’s foot. Therefore the Biblical furlong would be 5/6 of today’s furlong. This would back up Smith’s statement that the furlong was 1/10 of today’s mile.
Also check out:
Prophecy and Prescience – Tracking Prophetic Predictives
In case you missed it:
Primordial Truth: Mapping the Rabbit Holes – Know Everything!
TheSerapeum.com is 100% listener funded. Thank you for your support in our mission to Break the Cycle of Fake News.
If you value our work please consider supporting us with our vetted patriot sponsors!
Sponsors:
RedPillLiving.com - Health & Beauty - Value Holistics & Quality CarbonShield60 - Doubled Lifespan in Mammal Studies! TimeStop - The Worlds Premier Beauty Cream! With CarbonShield60!
TheGreatAwakeningCoffee.com - Gourmet Coffee for Patriots!
TheGreatAwakeningBooks.com - Censored Books for Patriots.
Other Links:
Join our Telegram chat: TheSerapeum.com/chat!