It is the city that God Himself hath built, and it is from Him that John sees it coming down. There is a tendency with certain people to spiritualize all the Bible says about this city. Such teaching is very erroneous. Everything in the record leads us to look for a literal city. The very material out of which the city is made is mentioned in detail.
Location is given to it.
Jesus said that He was going to prepare a place for His people, and yet many of them say that it is no place at all, but rather a certain or uncertain spiritual state. We believe in a literal city for the people of God, just such a one as that for which Abraham looked and prayed. The location of the city is given so specifi cally that we may ascertain it very closely. John saw it coming down out of heaven, that is, out of the upper air. In fact, it is evident that this city remains suspended in the air above the earth.