Walls in Scripture

What does the Bible say about walls?

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In this day and age, walls can be viewed with negative connotations. Walls can be seen as a source of imprisonment and division. They are often referred to as things we need to break down and overcome. However, when we look at walls in the bible, they are also seen as structures that protect, providing security, and represent a place of shelter forming a sense of belonging. That is why we are building Eternal Wall of Answered prayer, it is to be a national landmark built of 1 million bricks each representing an answered prayer. It is our vision to make hope visible through this memento's monument.

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A wall built for beauty

Revelations 21:9-27 describes the Holy City descending from heaven. This New Jerusalem has ‘a massive high wall’ according to verse 12, and ‘the building material of its wall was jasper’ according to verse 18. This is not a wall of barrier or exclusion, but a thing of beauty and awe. Whether this vision is literal or metaphorical, biblical walls are not always negative.

A wall built for Gods Glory

In Old Testament times the city walls represented not only the strength of the people within that city, but also the strength of the God they served. Nehemiah depicts the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. He was distraught when he heard that the walls in Jerusalem were in disrepair, as it reflected not only the weakness of his people but also misrepresented God as weak.

"'Jerusalem's wall has been broken down, and its gates have been burned down.' When I heard these things, I sat down and wept" (Nehemiah 1:3-4).

Eternal Wall represents the strength of God. It will represent the belief that He is alive, listening and able to respond. Nehemiah and his team faced significant opposition yet, were able to rebuild the city walls in just 52 days. This was a miraculous feat that was a monument to God’s glory and faithfulness, as depicted in Nehemiah 6:15-16. God can and does use walls to bring Him glory, and we look to Nehemiah as inspiration on our own journey to build a wall that will glorify Jesus.

A wall of believers

In Ephesians 2:17-22the body of Christ is described like the walls of a temple, ‘built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone’ (verse 20). We are all part of the wall that ‘grows into a holy sanctuary in the Lord’ (verse 21).

A similar idea develops in 1 Peter 2:5-6, where believers are described as living stones ‘being built into a spiritual house for a holy priesthood.’ We as a family of believers stand together as a wall; by doing so we create a sanctuary which the Lord inhabits. We are not a wall of separation, exclusion or imprisonment, but one of faith, salvation and glory.

A Wall of hope

Eternal Wall is based upon these biblical images of walls. This will not be a divisive landmark but rather a landmark of hope. This will be a place where visitors are inspired to encounter Jesus, where people catch a glimpse of the infinite DNA of the God who answers and see the breakthroughs they read about fulfilled in their own lives. This is not a Wall that displays exclusion; this is a Wall that displays the glory of God.

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