T Rev 21:2 (New Jerusalem)-- The curses of Genesis 1-3 were not completely reversed in the establishment of the nation of Israel. The new Jerusalem is the ideal completion of the Bible in its fulfillment of a restored Eden.
T Rev 21:2 (New Jerusalem)-- Rev 21 and 22 recalls the history of Israel, whose capital city was old Jerusalem. It was a political entity, but it could also be called the holy (“set apart”) city because the nation of Israel had been set apart as a kingdom of priests.
T Rev 21:2 (New Jerusalem)—The New Jerusalem draws on three major OT backgrounds: 1) the Garden of Eden, 2) old Jerusalem, and 3) Ezekiel’s eschatological temple.