What Is The New Yerushalyim (Jerusalem)?
The New Jerusalem, which is also called the Tabernacle of Elohim, the Kodesh (Holy) City, the City of Yahuah, the Celestial City, the City Foursquare, and Heavenly Jerusalem, is literally heaven on earth. It is referred to in the Scriptures in several places (Galatians 4:26; Hebrews 11:10; 12:22–24; and 13:14), but it is most fully described in Revelation 21.
In Revelation 21, the recorded history of man is at its end. All of the ages have come and gone. Messiah has gathered His Assembly in the Kingdom (1 Thessalonians 4:15–17). The Tribulation has passed (Revelation 6—18). The battle of Armageddon has been fought and won by Master Yahusha HaMashicah (Revelation 19:17–21). Satan has been chained for the 1,000-year reign of Messiah on earth (Revelation 20:1–3). A new, glorious temple has been established in Jerusalem (Ezekiel 40—48). The final rebellion against Yahuah has been quashed, and Satan has received his just punishment, an eternity in the lake of fire (Revelation 20:7–10.) The Great White Throne Judgment has taken place, and mankind has been judged (Revelation 20:11–15).
In Revelation 21:1 Yahuah does a complete make-over of heaven and earth (Isaiah 65:17; 2 Peter 3:12–13). The new heaven and new earth are what some call the “eternal state” and will be “where righteousness dwells” (2 Peter 3:13). After the re-creation, Yahuah reveals the New Jerusalem. John sees a glimpse of it in his vision: “The Kodesh (Holy) City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from Yahuah, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband” (Revelation 21:2). This is the city that Abraham looked for in faith (Hebrews 11:10). It is the place where Yahuah will dwell with His people forever (Revelation 21:3). Inhabitants of this celestial city will have all tears wiped away (Revelation 21:4).
The New Jerusalem will be fantastically huge. John records that the city is nearly 1,400 miles long, and it is as wide and as high as it is long—the New Jerusalem being in equal in length, width, and depth (Revelation 21:15–17). The city will be dazzling in every way. It is lighted by the glory of Yahuah (verse 23). Its twelve foundations, bearing the names of the twelve apostles, are “decorated with every kind of precious stone” (verse 19). It has twelve gates, each a single pearl, bearing the names of the twelve tribes of Israel (verses 12 and 21). The street will be made of pure gold (verse 21).
The New Jerusalem will be a place of unimagined blessing. The curse of the old earth will be gone (Revelation 22:3). In the city are the tree of life “for the healing of the nations” and the river of life (verses 1–2). It is the place that Paul spoke of: “In the coming ages [Elohim] might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Messiah Yahusha” (Ephesians 2:7). The New Jerusalem is the ultimate fulfillment of all Yahuah’s promises. The New Jerusalem is Yahuah’s goodness made fully manifest.
Who are the residents of the New Jerusalem? The Father and the Lamb are there (Revelation 21:22). Angels are at the gates (verse 12). But the city will be filled with Yahuah’s redeemed children. The New Jerusalem is the righteous counter to the evil Babylon (Revelation 17), destroyed by Yahuah’s judgment (Revelation 18). The wicked had their city, and Yahuah has His. To which city do you belong? Babylon the Great or the New Jerusalem? If you believe that Yahusha, the Son of Yahuah, died and rose again and have asked Yahuah to save you by His grace, then you are a citizen of the New Jerusalem. “Yahuah raised [you] up with Messiah and seated [you] with him in the heavenly realms in Messiah Yahusha” (Ephesians 2:6). You have “an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade” (1 Peter 1:4). If you have not yet trusted Yahuah as your Savior, then we urge you to receive Him. The invitation is extended: “The Ruach (Spirit) and the bride say, ‘Come!’ And let the one who hears say, ‘Come!’ Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life” (Revelation 22:17).
Source:
https://www.gotquestions.org/new-jerusalem.html
