QUESTION: In Revelation 21:1-2, what is the significance of the “New Jerusalem ” coming down from heaven?

ANSWER: First, the passage does not say that the “New Jerusalem” came down to this earth! We should not read this into the passage. Remember that John was writing in signs (Revelation 1:1), or symbolic language. This passage simply teaches that the New Jerusalem originated in heaven with God! It does not teach that the “new heavens and new earth” will be physically located on a renovated planet! Those who teach such are in error!