Thus he shows the new heaven (the Messianic kingdom) and the new earth (society organized on a righteous basis in the earth).

_Sea_ is symbolic of restless humanity, thus picturing the fact that there will be no more strikes, lock-outs, revolutions, or anarchy.

Continuing, he describes the kingdom as a holy city, the new Jerusalem, in this beautiful phrase: "And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God"-- picturing here the dwelling place of the Lord.

The place of meeting between Jehovah and mankind is through the Christ.