Antes e depois da cruz
Antes de Deus consumar a obra redentora, só havia caminhos tenebrosos, nenhuma possibilidade da humanidade viver em paz. Depois que Deus se manifestou em Jesus Cristo, tudo mudou: a culpa foi cancelada mediante a graça redentora.
lieth square, and the length of it is as great as the breadth; and he did measure the city with the reed—furlongs twelve thousand; the length, and the breadth, and the height, of it are equal; 17and he measured its wall, an hundred forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, that is, of the messenger; 18and the building of its wall was jasper, and the city is pure gold—like to pure glass; 19and the foundations of the wall of the city with every precious stone have been adorned; the first foundation jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; 20the fifth, sardonyx