Reflections
Immediately all the resources of the tiny organism rush to bring about healing where the breach has been made. At the moment of invasion, unsuspected healing powers (that apart from the injury would have remained dormant) are called out from inside the little creature, and marshalled at the point of peril. The tiny irritant, whether it be a speck of sand or a parasite is covered over at the point of wound. When the wound heals it is a pearl. No other gem in the universe has such a fascinating history as a pearl. It is an enduring monument to a tiny creature's struggle for survival. Where there are no wounded oysters, there are no pearls- for a pearl is the product of pain. It is a wound that has been healed.
As we sit and gaze at those jasper walls of the New Jerusalem and realize we cannot scale them, our eyes are drawn to the only way in- through the gate made of pearl. Is it telling us in symbolic language that the eternal city is only open open to those who will enter through the wounds made at Calvary? Jesus made His pains into a pearl. So can you!
The Gates of Pearl
Rev.21:21 tells us that the way into the New Jerusalem is through a gate made of pearl. Scientists agree that a pearl is really the product of pain. The oyster lies in its bed at the bottom of the ocean, and is sometimes invaded by a microscopic worm or a tiny parasite which succeeds in getting into the very heart of the oyster.Immediately all the resources of the tiny organism rush to bring about healing where the breach has been made. At the moment of invasion, unsuspected healing powers (that apart from the injury would have remained dormant) are called out from inside the little creature, and marshalled at the point of peril. The tiny irritant, whether it be a speck of sand or a parasite is covered over at the point of wound. When the wound heals it is a pearl. No other gem in the universe has such a fascinating history as a pearl. It is an enduring monument to a tiny creature's struggle for survival. Where there are no wounded oysters, there are no pearls- for a pearl is the product of pain. It is a wound that has been healed.
As we sit and gaze at those jasper walls of the New Jerusalem and realize we cannot scale them, our eyes are drawn to the only way in- through the gate made of pearl. Is it telling us in symbolic language that the eternal city is only open open to those who will enter through the wounds made at Calvary? Jesus made His pains into a pearl. So can you!