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I don't see the New Jerusalem as having foundations, walls and gates as being a problem for the city to be orbiting the earth. We're talking about God as the creator here, remember
Also, if the city was sitting on the earth, who could the nations walk by its light? Regarding the heavens 'ouranos' can refer to the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, the spiritual heavens.
If the above was true, then we could not know or believe in what the book of Revelation is saying. Regarding this, in the very first verse we read: "This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass." We can trust in what we are reading in regards to these descriptions. That said, I do not agree that the information contained in Revelation is theological concept. I believe that the descriptions given regarding the city with its dimensions and foundations are accurate and true. We can read about the New Jerusalem, but we can't truly understand the magnificence of it until we see it with our own eyes.
Also, if the city was sitting on the earth, who could the nations walk by its light? Regarding the heavens 'ouranos' can refer to the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, the spiritual heavens.
If the above was true, then we could not know or believe in what the book of Revelation is saying. Regarding this, in the very first verse we read: "This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass." We can trust in what we are reading in regards to these descriptions. That said, I do not agree that the information contained in Revelation is theological concept. I believe that the descriptions given regarding the city with its dimensions and foundations are accurate and true. We can read about the New Jerusalem, but we can't truly understand the magnificence of it until we see it with our own eyes.
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
and also.. 2If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? 13And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
These are some of the scriptures that tell us that what is revealed to us is from our earthly frame of reference. It can be compared to these things but it is not these things. For example there is no such thing as gold that is transparent but that is how it is described to our ability to comprehend things. So if you want to interpret it as literally gold, you still have to understand that it is not any gold on planet earth. It will be different and better than what we can imagine. You can interpret the leaves for the healing of the nations as literal healing but you would have to reconcile that with the fact that there will be no sickness, death or tears. In order to do that you end up with a MESSAGE behind the symbolism such as dependence on God. You can interpret that the gates are made of one pearl as meaning that there are oysters the size of mountains, but then there is no sea so it did not come from earth, Do we imagine where the oyster came from or do we comprehend the message behind the pearl gate? We can interpret the name of the apostles on the foundations and speculate about whether Paul gets one or we can interpret it as those who enter there are those who accepted the truth of the foundation of the apostles and prophets, and which 12 names are on the gates? Since we see a different list of tribes in the 144K than in other lists in the OT. But is that important? Or is there a message to the 12 foundations and the 12 gates. Is it a literal bride or is it made up of all of the redeemed and therefore a theological reference to a bride. Are there literal white robes or are these the righteous deeds of the saints? Does Jesus look like a Lamb that just got slaughtered or does he look like the vision in Rev 1 or are all of these symbolic of theological concepts? Miss the theological concepts in the symbolism and you've missed the message.