On the Fifth Day of Passion Week, my true love gave to me…
And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. (Revelation 21:21 ESV)
Five Golden Streets
I admit the number does not really match here.
But the picture of heaven that John describes here is one intended to amaze us. Whether the golden street is symbolic of beauty, value, and purity… or whether the golden street is more literally something John saw in His vision (I lean towards the latter) I can’t wait to see it, to tread it, and to live on it.
The week of Christ’s life between the Triumphal Entry and His Resurrection are not events for the sake of events, or descriptions for the sake of descriptions, or lessons for the sake of lessons.
Christians, God’s people, are heaven bound.
Christ came to Jerusalem that week so that we can come to heaven. Christ endured suffering and pain so that we can have heavenly absence of suffering and pain. Christ died a sinner’s death so that we will not actually die, but instead enter heaven. Christ arose so that we will arise!
I rejoice that God has paved those streets.