What is the City of heaven?

In the Book of Revelation in the New Testament, the city is also called the Heavenly Jerusalem, as well as being called Zion in other books of the Christian Bible.
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What is the place of heaven?

Heaven is often described as a "highest place", the holiest place, a Paradise, in contrast to hell or the Underworld or the "low places" and universally or conditionally accessible by earthly beings according to various standards of divinity, goodness, piety, faith, or other virtues or right beliefs or simply divine ...
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What is the city of God in the Bible?

the New Jerusalem; heaven.
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What is the meaning of the New Jerusalem?

Definition of New Jerusalem

1 : the final abode of souls redeemed by Christ. 2 : an ideal earthly community.
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What is the difference between heaven and the New Jerusalem?

The Eastern Orthodox Church teaches that the New Jerusalem is the City of God that will come down from heaven in the manner described in the Book of the Apocalypse (Revelation). The Church is an icon of the heavenly Jerusalem. The New Jerusalem Monastery in Russia takes its name from the heavenly Jerusalem.
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The New Jerusalem - The Holy Capital City of God



What is the city of Zion or the New Jerusalem?

Zion is the name of a physical city founded by the prophet Enoch, also known as the City of Enoch. Zion refers to the New Jerusalem, a physical, Millennial city expected to be located in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri. Zion metaphorically refers to any group of people that are unified and "pure in heart".
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What does The City of God means?

Definition of City of God

: new jerusalem , paradise, heaven.
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Is Jerusalem The City of God?

Jerusalem has been the holiest city in Judaism and the ancestral and spiritual homeland of the Jewish people since the 10th century BCE. During classical antiquity, Jerusalem was considered the center of the world, where God resided. The city of Jerusalem is given special status in Jewish religious law.
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What is the difference between The City of God and the city of Man?

Value God over yourself and you will be in the City of God. Love yourself before you love God and you are in the City of Man. It is man's City because it is man's sinful nature that pulls Him away from God, and God's City because it is God's grace that pulls man to heaven.
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Is the City of David Jerusalem or Bethlehem?

When did Bethlehem become the “city of David”? That title had always been given to Jerusalem. Forty times in the Old Testament, Jerusalem is referred to as the city of David, and no other city in the Bible is ever called by that name.
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Where is Bethlehem now?

Bethlehem lies 10 kilometres south of the city of Jerusalem, in the fertile limestone hill country of the Holy Land. Since at least the 2nd century AD people have believed that the place where the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, now stands is where Jesus was born.
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What country is Nazareth in?

Located in the beautiful Lower Galilee region of Israel, and famed for being the city where Jesus had lived and grown up, today Nazareth is the largest Arab city in Israel, and one of the largest cities in northern Israel.
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Which country is heaven on earth?

Switzerland, also known as heaven on earth.
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Where is Paradise in the Bible?

Later after the death of Adam, the Archangel Michael carries the body of Adam to be buried in Paradise, which is in the Third Heaven.
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What are the names of the 7 heavens?

According to some Puranas, the Brahmanda is divided into fourteen worlds. Seven are upper worlds, Bhuloka (the Earth), Bhuvarloka, Svarloka, Maharloka, Janarloka, Tapoloka and Satyaloka, and seven are lower worlds, Atala, Vitala, Sutala, Talatala, Mahatala, Rasatala and Patala.
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What is Zion in the Bible?

Zion, in the Old Testament, the easternmost of the two hills of ancient Jerusalem. It was the site of the Jebusite city captured by David, king of Israel and Judah, in the 10th century bc (2 Samuel 5:6–9) and established by him as his royal capital.
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Is Bethlehem part of Israel?

After the Six-Day War of 1967, it was part of the Israeli-occupied territory of the West Bank. In 1995 Israel ceded control of Bethlehem to the newly established Palestinian Authority in preparation for a two-state solution. Bethlehem is an agricultural market and trade town that is closely linked to nearby Jerusalem.
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What are the two cities in The City of God?

His philosophical/theological doctrine is couched in terms of the “two cities:” Rome (or the new Babylon), which symbolizes all that is worldly, and Jerusalem (the city of heaven), which symbolizes the Christian community.
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What is meant by Jerusalem?

Jerusalem. A holy city for Jews (see also Jews), Christians (see also Christian), and Muslims; the capital of the ancient kingdom of Judah and of the modern state of Israel. The name means “city of peace.” Jerusalem is often called Zion; Mount Zion is the hill on which the fortress of the city was built.
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What is the difference between Zion and Israel?

Israel is masculine, and Zion/Jerusalem is feminine. The difference between the two is more visible in Hebrew which distinguishes masculine and feminine in the verbs as well as in the adjectives.
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What does Zion mean in Hebrew?

The name Zion is of Hebrew origin meaning "highest point." Zion has made a steady rise in popularity since 1998 which coincides with Lauryn Hill naming her son Zion in 1997. In the Old Testament, the name Zion is used to refer to the city of Jerusalem and is the source of the term Zionism.
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What is the new heaven and earth in Revelation?

A New Jerusalem

John first described the new creation as a marriage of heaven and earth. Heaven is represented as both a city and a bride, coming down out of God's heavenly domain and landing on earth, much like the staircase Jacob saw in his dream.
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