The New Jerusalem

I was thinking one day about the book of revelation and although having read it, I had not written anything about what I had read. I was lead to this passage and penned these words.


The New Jerusalem
REv. Dr. Winston Watson

And John saw a new heaven and a new earth
For the old had lost its worth

For he saw this home we are to receive
And no more sea did he perceive

Now taken upon a mountain high
He looked toward the distant sky

Descending from God and above
The New Jerusalem as a dove

The city was filled with his light
This holy city a glorious sight

And surrounding this holy city
A wall of height I cannot speak expressly

He looked and twelve gates he saw
At each an angel, he stands in awe

Its brightness like that of jasper
The sound of its descent a whisper

The city was of pure gold,
Like that of glass I did behold

In its foundation was every precious stone,
A city where we will never be alone

Twelve gates and those of pearl,
The glory of God in its streets did swirl

And no temple did he see inside
For in us would God’s presence reside

The gates never shut by day
For access we had alway

The New Jerusalem a glorious sight
The city of God, our eternal delight