Biblical symbol
New Jerusalem
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New Jerusalem is Revelation image of restored creation as a holy city where God dwells with humanity and tears, death, and exile are ended.
New Jerusalem symbolizes healed creation and God dwelling with humanity.
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- Biblical Symbolism
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- Tree of Life, Tree of Knowledge, Serpent, Temple
New Jerusalem symbolizes healed creation and God dwelling with humanity.
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The story behind New Jerusalem
BibleProject treats New Jerusalem as the culmination of the temple and city themes: God space and human space finally united.
The spiritual meaning of New Jerusalem
Spiritually, New Jerusalem asks what communal life looks like when God presence heals everything.
New Jerusalem in the Bible
Revelation presents the New Jerusalem coming down from heaven, with no temple because God and the Lamb are its temple.
Why New Jerusalem matters
New Jerusalem matters because the Bible hope ends not in escape from earth but in renewed heaven-and-earth communion.
Where readings of New Jerusalem go wrong
It is a mistake to reduce New Jerusalem to real-estate speculation or escapist fantasy.
Sources and editorial method
This entry summarizes the tradition in the Almanac's own words; where no source is listed, it is an editorial summary rather than a primary text, and symbolic readings are named as the tradition's, not as fact.
- Source
- The Great Almanac Dictionary
- Category
- Biblical Symbolism
- Last updated
- 2026-09-26
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What is New Jerusalem?
New Jerusalem is Revelation image of restored creation as a holy city where God dwells with humanity and tears, death, and exile are ended.
Where does New Jerusalem come from?
BibleProject treats New Jerusalem as the culmination of the temple and city themes: God space and human space finally united.
What does New Jerusalem mean spiritually?
Spiritually, New Jerusalem asks what communal life looks like when God presence heals everything.
What does the Bible say about New Jerusalem?
Revelation presents the New Jerusalem coming down from heaven, with no temple because God and the Lamb are its temple.
What do people get wrong about New Jerusalem?
It is a mistake to reduce New Jerusalem to real-estate speculation or escapist fantasy.
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