The New Jerusalem is a heavenly city that will descend to the “new earth” after the first heaven and earth have passed away. The beautiful and wonderful things God has prepared for His people are beyond anything we can comprehend. This is the Jerusalem we fight for.
"I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God." Rev 21:2-3
Paul Tackett writes…
THE LITERALITY OF NEW JERUSALEM DESTROYS ROME’S SYMBOLISM
Rome spiritualizes everything she wishes she ruled, and literalizes everything she wants to control. She makes Heaven “symbolic,” Hell “figurative,” and salvation “sacramental.”
But Revelation 21 is literal:
•Literal cubits (Rev. 21:17)
•Literal stones (Rev. 21:19-20)
•Literal gold (Rev. 21:18)
•Literal pearls (Rev. 21:21)
•Literal foundations (Rev. 21:14)
•Literal walls (Rev. 21:12)
If that city is literal, so is its foundation.
Rome can’t take the wall and throw away the stones. She either accepts the whole city or remains outside its gates forever — and Jesus Christ has already made His ruling on that.
You don’t get into the New Jerusalem by apostolic succession.
You don’t get in by priestly garments.
You don’t get in by “holy mother church.”
You get in by the Lamb.
THE TWELVE FOUNDATIONS ARE A DOCTRINAL REMINDER
The Church is founded on Jesus Christ through the witness of the men He appointed — not by ecclesiastical succession or institutional tradition.
Ephesians 2:20 says it plainly:
“…built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone.”
Jesus Christ is the Cornerstone.
The twelve apostles are the foundation.
The rest of us are the building (Eph. 2:21-22).
