<P> There is no temple building in the New Jerusalem . God and the Lamb are the city's temple, since they are worshiped everywhere . Revelation 22 goes on to describe a river of the water of life that flows down the middle of the great street of the city from the Throne of God . The tree of life grows in the middle of this street and on either side, or in the middle of the street and on either side of the river . The tree bears twelve fruits, or kinds of fruits, and yields its fruit every month . According to John, "The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations ." This inclusion of the tree of life in the New Jerusalem harkens back to the Garden of Eden . The fruit the tree bears may be the fruit of life . </P> <P> John states that the New Jerusalem will be free of sin . The servants of God will have theosis, and "His name will be on their foreheads ." Night will no longer fall, and the inhabitants of the city will "have need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light ." John ends his account of the New Jerusalem by stressing its eternal nature: "And they shall reign forever and ever ." </P> <P> There are twelve gates in the wall oriented to the compass with three each on the east, north, south, and west sides . There is an angel at each gate, or gatehouse . These gates are each made of a single pearl, giving them the name of the "pearly gates". The names of the twelve tribes of Israel are written on these gates . </P> <P> The new Jerusalem gates may bear some relation to the gates mentioned in Enoch, Chapters 33 - 35, where the prophet reports (at the extremities of the whole earth) "heavenly gates opening into heaven; three of them distinctly separated ." (33, 3 .) And so on for each of the four major compass directions. (ref . Laurence translation, Book of Enoch .) </P>

How many gates are there in the new jerusalem