Mathematics of the New Jerusalem

Abstract

“The holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. . . .” [1]is a prophecy from the Book of Revelation. When I was a very young woman with no education beyond high school, I discovered something so incredible contained within the scripture describing this city. I felt like an archeologist who had just discovered a fine alabaster jar still intact and fragrant.  Inside this piece of scripture, cleverly and artfully woven into the vision was the exact circumference of the planet earth.  I turned to the book of Genesis.  There too, encoded into the Creation and Noah’s Ark myths were the mathematics of ancient prophets and storytellers who had never circumnavigated the globe, revealing the exact circumference of our home—the planet Earth.  This knowledge fills me with the desire to go and tell that God is with us and has promised to sing and rejoice with us as parents do when a loving couple gets married.

My presentation looks at the mathematics encoded in the Bible with the faith that the ancient people had in God who creates them. The myths and prophecies encoded in the Bible have the power to unite scientists, theologians, mathematicians, musicians, storytellers and artisans all over the world…to go and tell the World, our Creator has faith in us.  We are destined to create a New Jerusalem where God’s Love sustains us, our home and creation.

Keywords: The New Jerusalem, God’s Promise, Creation, Mathematics, Faith

[1] Revelation 21: 2 NRSV.

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