In the Book of Revelation, the city that descends from heaven as the dwelling place of God’s people is the New Jerusalem.
Revelation 21–22 describes it as a holy city coming down from heaven after the final judgment. The text presents the city as a symbol of restored creation, where God lives with humanity and death, mourning, crying, and pain are no more.
The vision gives the New Jerusalem twelve gates, each associated with a tribe of Israel, and twelve foundations associated with apostles. Its streets are described as gold, while its radiance is compared with precious stones. The city also contains the river of the water of life and the tree of life.
The New Jerusalem is not the same as historical Jerusalem, although the imagery draws on Jerusalem’s importance in Jewish and Christian tradition. Readers sometimes confuse it with heaven itself; Revelation portrays it as a heavenly city that comes to the renewed earth.