Contradictions and Paradoxes in Revelation 21:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Revelation 21:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Revelation 21:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to John, this verse means that an angel showed him how big and special a new city was by using a golden stick to measure its size, gates, and walls. It helps explain that the city is beautiful and perfect, just as God planned.

Revelation 21:15: And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 6:2

This verse describes specific measurements of Solomon's temple, implying human rather than divine measurement, contrasting with the divine measurement of the city in Revelation 21:15.

1 Kings 6:2: And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof [was] threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty [cubits], and the height thereof thirty cubits.

Contradiction with Isaiah 40:12

This verse speaks to the majesty and incomprehensibility of God's creation, which could be seen as contrasting with the specific, measurable description given in Revelation 21:15.

Isaiah 40:12: Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? [a measure: Heb. a tierce]

Contradiction with Ezekiel 40:5

Describes specific measurements of a temple given by a divine messenger but focuses on an earthly temple, contrasting with the heavenly city measured in Revelation 21:15.

Ezekiel 40:5: And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits [long] by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:27

Implies the futility of worrying about physical measurements, which contrasts with the precise measuring described in Revelation 21:15.

Matthew 6:27: Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 5:1

Describes a "building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens," which contrasts with physical, measurable dimensions in Revelation 21:15.

2 Corinthians 5:1: For we know that if our earthly house of [this] tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
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