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spoke and wrote with equal authority with theoriginal Twelve. (2 Cor. 11:13.") (F209.) "Westill haveFM323with us the gift of Apostles, in that we have theirteachings in the New Testament, so full andcomplete as to require no addition; and hence theTwelve Apostles have no successors, and neednone, since there are but ‘Twelve Apostles of theLamb;' they are the twelve stars; the ‘twelvefoundations.'"— John 6:70; E229, 207.Revelation 12:15.And he that talked with me.— Volume VII ofStudies in the Scriptures.Had a [golden] MEASURING reed of gold.—The Divine Word.To measure the City, and the gates thereof,and the wall thereof .— Surely, if we can notfind the measurement in the Scriptures it ishopeless to look elsewhere.— Zech. 2:1, 2; Rev.11:1; Ezek. 40:3.Revelation 21:16.And the City lieth foursquare, And the lengthis [as large] as the breadth.— A perfect cube,like the Most Holy of the Tabernacle.And he measured the City with the reed,twelve thousand furlongs.— "The number of‘buildings' in the City seems to be indicated bythe measures— 12,000 times 12,000 furlongsequals 144,000,000 square furlongs. This areacontains 144,000 building-lots of one thousandsquare furlongs each— which circumstance maywell signify that the 144,000 faithful ones willreign with Jesus during a thousand years (onesquare furlong representing a year.")The length and the breadth and the height ofit are equal.— Each view of the City, from anyside, presents to view, Justice, Power, Love andWisdom.