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Question: I read the editorial in the July-August issue, and quite frankly I fail to understand the point you are trying to make. Revelation tells us the nature of the New Jerusalem—it will descend from heaven (Revelation 21:2).
Christ clearly tells us that He will set up His Kingdom as God has instructed Him. It appears to me that you are insinuating that the New Jerusalem will somehow be set up by man, and this is simply not supported in the Scriptures. Can you please clarify?
J.C., Internet
Answer: We regret if anyone got the impression that the New Jerusalem will be set up by man. The New Jerusalem itself is not mentioned in the editorial, which confines itself to conditions today in this current age of man plus those of Christ's 1,000-year reign. The New Jerusalem, however, is described in the same issue at the conclusion of the lead article titled "Jerusalem: Center of Conflict, Center of Peace."
The last major event mentioned in the Bible is the New Jerusalem coming down from heaven. But more than a thousand years before this indescribable event, Christ will have returned to earth and begun His majestic, millennial reign in His capital city of Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:1-9; Isaiah 2:1-5; 11:1-9).
This is not the same as the New Jerusalem, which doesn't descend from heaven until God's plan for physical human beings is complete (see Revelation 21-22).
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