21:10
The angel carried John away to a great and high mountain. From this vantage point he showed John “the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God”. Babylon came from the beast, out of the pit. Jerusalem comes from God, out of heaven. There is a stark contrast between the two.
21:11
The new Jerusalem is so different from the old Jerusalem, the new earth is so different from the old earth. The Jerusalem we read of in the Old Testament is a place full of idolatry, injustice, bloodshed, sexual immorality and every other kind of sin. The new Jerusalem will “shine with the glory of God”. It will be a place of great brilliance. Likeness to various precious stones are used to demonstrate the point.
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