The city…
Gal. 4:22-26
Hebrews 11:16
Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
Hebrews 12:22
Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
Hebrews 12:23 to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
Hebrews 13:14
For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
Revelation 21:2
I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Question:
What exactly is the “non permanent city” in
Heb 13:14, and what exactly is the “continuing city”?
(As well as the, “he has prepared for them a city”, in
Heb. 11:16)
Are all of these passages simply speaking of the church, old covenant vs new?