Revelation 21:1-27

John witnessed the destruction of the current heavens and earth and the creation of a new heaven and earth (Rev. 21:1; cf. 2 Pet. 3:10-13), and this included the new Jerusalem coming down out of heaven (Rev. 21:2). The new Jerusalem could be what Jesus mentioned in John 14:1-3. The new creation will be free from any sin, sickness, pain, tears, or death, and will be a perfect environment where people will live and commune with God (Rev. 21:3-4). Jesus is the one who will accomplish these things, and the one who overcomes will inherit these blessings (Rev. 21:5-7), but unbelievers will be rejected (Rev. 21:8). An angel then showed John the beauty of Jerusalem which descends upon the new earth (Rev. 21:9-14), which city is fifteen hundred miles square (Rev. 21:15-16), with walls that are 72 yards thick (Rev. 21:17). It’s possible the city could be shaped either like a pyramid or a cube. The material of the city consists of precious stones and jewels (Rev. 21:18-21). There will be no temple in the new Jerusalem (Rev. 21:22), and the presence of God the Father and the Son will illumine the city (Rev. 21:23). The nations of the world will walk by the light of Jerusalem (Rev. 21:24-25), and will bring their glory into it (Rev. 21:26), and nothing unclean will ever appear in it (Rev. 21:27).