"Jerusalem was dressed as a bride coming down out of heaven." to whom does that make any sense?

Question

Jerusalem is a city is it not?

Answer 1

Jerusalem was the city of the chosen people, where they encountered God and received His forgiveness.

In Scripture, Jerusalem is often used as a collective term for the chosen people themselves - the Jews.

God the Father and His Son Jesus therefore often speak of Jerusalem in very affectionate and tender terms, almost as a man would talk to his beloved bride.

This is why Jesus was so grieved when some of the Jews rejected Him. Scripture says "He came unto His own and His own knew Him not."

The temple at Jerusalem was later destroyed, and now God's people encounter Him through the Church, who is also called His bride, in Scripture.

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Answer 2

This refers to those that will be made perfect, the awakening of the Mind,(heavens) symbolic not as a place but those that are come into the new life, the new understanding, the regeneration, there is then the new Jerusalem. The place is not as a place alone but as a condition. as an experience of the soul. Those who have put away the earthly desires and become as the new purposes in their experience, become the New Jerusalem.

Answer 3

Jerusalem in this verse is describing a new Heaven which is brought down out of heaven to earth. And earth will be a new earth after the tribulation period and all evil is done away with and all evil is in Hell.

We will reside in Israel after all evil is completed and Jesus returns for the last time. And there will be no other Nations but Israel and Judah.

Also the bride in the book of Revelation is Jesus, just as in the New Testament of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, as the lamb or the bride.

Answer 4

Can you give a scripture reference so we can read the context and give an explanation? I will look it up for myself and then explain.

Revelation 21:2...it is describing the new Jerusalem. The figure of speech you are looking for is called a simile. It is comparing the beauty of a bride walking down the aisl to meet her husband to the beauty of a city coming down from heaven to meet her King. So, it makes sense to me.

Answer 5

This is the New Jerusalem.

An expression that occurs two times, and only in the highly symbolic book of Revelation. (Re 3:12; 21:2) Near the end of that series of visions, and after seeing Babylon the Great destroyed, the apostle John says: “I saw also the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God and prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”—Re 21:2.

The Bride of the Lamb. In the light of other scriptures, the identity of New Jerusalem is made certain. She is “as a bride.” Farther along, John writes: “One of the seven angels . . . spoke with me and said: ‘Come here, I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.’ So he carried me away in the power of the spirit to a great and lofty mountain, and he showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God and having the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious stone, as a jasper stone shining crystal-clear.”—Re 21:9-11.

New Jerusalem is the bride of whom? The Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, who shed his blood sacrificially for mankind. (Joh 1:29; Re 5:6, 12; 7:14; 12:11; 21:14) What is her identity? She is composed of the members of the glorified Christian congregation. The congregation on earth was likened to “a chaste virgin” to be presented to the Christ. (2Co 11:2) Again, the apostle Paul likens the Christian congregation to a wife, with Christ as her Husband and Head.—Eph 5:23-25, 32.

Answer 6

Maybe Jerusalem was alot like San Francisco and Key West...

Answer 7

It probably has something to do with the fact that the Church is the bride of Christ. By Jerusalem was probably meant it's people.
This is a good example to show fundies why the bible cannot be taken literally all the time.

Answer 8

New Jerusalem is breathtaking in its splendor: “Its radiance became into like a maximum effectual stone, as a jasper stone shining crystal-sparkling. It had a large and lofty wall and had twelve gates, and on the gates twelve angels, and names have been inscribed that are those of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. on the east have been 3 gates, and on the north 3 gates, and on the south 3 gates, and on the west 3 gates. The wall of the city additionally had twelve commencing up stones, and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.” (Revelation 21:11b-14) How setting up that the 1st effect John data is of sparkling brightness! Radiant as a sparkling bride, New Jerusalem makes a setting up consort for Christ. It honestly glows, as is suited for a creation of “the daddy of the celestial lights furnishings.”—James one million:17. On its 12 gates, there are inscribed the names of the 12 tribes of Israel. for this reason, this symbolic city is made up of the a hundred and forty four,000, who have been sealed “out of each and every tribe of the sons of Israel.” (Revelation 7:4-8) In cohesion with this, the commencing up stones have on them the names of the 12 apostles of the Lamb. particular, New Jerusalem isn't the fleshly u . s . of Israel based on the 12 sons of Jacob. that's the non secular Israel, in keeping with “the apostles and prophets.”—Ephesians 2:20.

Answer 9

"In this new world the apostle saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from heaven, not locally, but as to its original: this new Jerusalem is the church of God in its new and perfect state, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband, beautified with all perfection of wisdom and holiness, meet for the full fruition of the Lord Jesus Christ in glory."
(Mathew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible)

"Rev 21:2 - And I John saw the holy city,.... The same with the beloved city in Rev_20:9 the church of God: sometimes the church militant is called a city, of which the saints are now fellow citizens, governed by wholesome laws, and enjoying many privileges; but here the general assembly and church of the firstborn, or all the elect of God, are intended, the whole body and society of them, being as a city, compact together; called holy, not only because set apart to holiness by God the Father, and their sins expiated by the blood of Christ, or because he is made sanctification to them, or because internally sanctified by the Spirit of God, which now is but in part; but because they will be perfectly holy in themselves, without the being of sin in them, or any spot of it on them: and John, for the more strong ascertaining the truth of this vision, expresses his name, who saw it, to whom God sent his angel, and signified to him by these Apocalyptic visions what should be hereafter; though the name is left out in the Alexandrian copy, and in the Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions:

new Jerusalem; the church of God, both in the Old and New Testament, is often called Jerusalem, to which its name, which signifies the vision of peace, agrees; it was the city of the great King, whither the tribes went up to worship; it was a free city, and a fortified one: the Gospel church state in its imperfection is called the heavenly Jerusalem, and the Jerusalem above, which is free, and the mother of all; and here the church in its perfect state is called the new Jerusalem, where will be complete peace and prosperity; and which is called new, because it has its seat in the new heaven and new earth: the inhabitants of which will appear in their new and shining robes of immortality and glory; and to distinguish it from the old Jerusalem, and even from the former state of the church; for this will be "the third time" that Jerusalem will be built, as say the Jews, namely, in the time of the King Messiah"
(John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible)

"Rev 21:2 -
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven - See the Analysis of the chapter. On the phrase “new Jerusalem,” (see Gal_4:26 and Heb_12:22) . Here it refers to the residence of the redeemed, the heavenly world, of which Jerusalem was the type and symbol. It is here represented as “coming down from God out of heaven.” This, of course, does not mean that this great city was “literally” to descend upon the earth, and to occupy any one part of the renovated world; but it is a symbolical or figurative representation, designed to show that the abode of the righteous will be splendid and glorious. The idea of a city literally descending from heaven, and being set upon the earth with such proportions - three hundred and seventy miles high (Rev_21:16), made of gold, and with single pearls for gates, and single gems for the foundations - is absurd. No man can suppose that this is literally true, and hence this must be regarded as a figurative or emblematic description. It is a representation of the heavenly state under the image of a beautiful city, of which Jerusalem was, in many respects, a natural and striking emblem.

Prepared as a bride adorned for her husband - See (Isa_49:18; Isa_61:10). The purpose here is, to represent it as exceedingly beautiful. The comparison of the church with a bride, or a wife, is common in the Scriptures. (See the Rev_19:7-8 and Isa_1:21). It is also common in the Scriptures to compare a city with a beautiful woman, and these images here seem to be combined. It is a beautiful city that seems to descend, and this city is itself compared with a richly-attired bride prepared for her husband,"
(Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible)

Answer 10

it's an anology. it means it was all decked out in all its glory, the most beautiful city you would ever see. brides are among the most beautiful women ever seen. they spend more time in front of the mirror trying to make sure everything is JUST RIGHT . haven't you ever seen bridezillas? there's a reason for that. they want to look perfect. translate that int he perfect city and THAT is what you are looking for that. it's nota literal veil and dress rather a meticulous look: perfecly manicured grass, beautiful buildings, that sort of thing.