interesting points but also in revelation it does say 'every eye will see him' Jesus does not come back INVISIBLY. I dont think the heavenly city is a cube more of a pyramid and it would have life in it not death because the tree of life will be there again, so obviously there WILL be oxygen and water.
when John SAW this with his spiritual eyes he was realating to what he SAW not what he IMAGINED or God would have said this is just a symbol, I am TELLING you about, and John would have HEARD it but not SEEN it. in thr last two chapters of revelation John constantly refers to things he HEARD and SAW.
when John SAW this with his spiritual eyes he was realating to what he SAW not what he IMAGINED or God would have said this is just a symbol, I am TELLING you about, and John would have HEARD it but not SEEN it. in thr last two chapters of revelation John constantly refers to things he HEARD and SAW.
64 Jesus said to him, “It is as you said. Nevertheless, I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
For this to be possible, for Caiaphas to see Jesus sitting at the right hand of Power (God) and coming on the clouds of heaven, Caiaphas must have been seeing Him from Hades in the spiritual realm. Keep in mind, John was in the spirit the whole time he was being spoken to and witnessing. Thus John could see what was happening in the spiritual realm as well as the physical realm. We know from Heb 12:1 that the "cloud of witnesses" can see us. The "clouds of heaven" are the saints and angels of heaven, dressed in white robes. Remember when Christ ascended "a cloud received Him out of their sight?" This was no ordinary cloud.
I have no doubt that the new Jerusalem appears exactly as described but it is not a pyramid, it is a cube. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal. The "tree of life" is an synonym for Jesus. Jesus, since returning to Heaven, has been sitting at the right hand of the Father except for when His presence returned in the first century to resurrect the dead believers and punish those who did not believe. The spiritual realm is not a static place. It is full of activity.