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关于新耶路撒冷的描述

I did not understand this paragraph from this book, God's New Testament Economy. Who can help and explain?

This paragraph is in page 380, Chapter 36.

.......Also, Revelation tells us that the wall is 12,000 staida long. Since one stadion is approximately 600 feet, the wall is approximately 1,364 miles long. This is approximately the distance from Los Angeles to Dallas. ..... The wall of the New Jerusalem (NJ) is at least seven times higher than the great wall of China. We need to boast concerning our great wall which is in the book of Revelation .....

I felt very confused when I read this paragraph since we said the NJ is not a physical city.
So, will we see this wall (or this city) as big as it is described above one day?

我们必须记得,启示录整卷书都是以表号来启示属灵事物的书,这在1:1就清楚的指明出来:『耶穌基督的启示,就是神赐给祂,叫祂将必要快发生的事指示祂的众奴僕;祂就藉着…用表号指示祂的奴僕约翰。』所以,虽然新耶路撒冷是一个属灵的事物,是经过过程的神与变化完成的人相联合、调和、合併的互相居所,但当神启示给约翰时,却是以可以描述的物质表号来让他认识,也让所有读的人领会的。

因此,关于新耶路撒冷的描述,都是以物质界的事物和『十二』这数字来述说。如:『城的光辉如同极贵的宝石,好像碧玉,明如水晶;有高大的墙,十二个门,门上有十二位天使;门上又写着以色列十二个支派的名字;东边有三门,北边有三门,南边有三门,西边有三门。城墙有十二根基,根基上有羔羊十二使徒的十二个名字。』(21:11~14)。这些不是物质的碧玉,也不是物质的墙、门、根基等。但都是以物质界的事物来描述新耶路撒冷是怎么一回事当然,每一方面的物质表号都有其代表的属灵意义。

圣经为了描述这座神与人互为居所之大小,就以一万二千司泰底亚(stadia)来描述。根据这个物质的长度来看,新耶路撒冷城是非常的『巨大』,因为她要包括古往今来,所有神在旧新两约的选民都在内。我们在此所要注意的重点乃是:又是一个『十二』,并且是与『一千』相乘的一万二千,这是神与人完全的相调和在一起,且是完满的完满。

你所读到的信息,乃是要强调这座城的巨大,虽然是属灵的,却是用物质的事物来表显、描述。