City, New Jerusalem

The buildings are the purest white marble with crystal, gold and silver veins. The streets are paved with gold (slippery and dazzling and completely useless in a place where value of gems and precious metals is meaningless).

The very center of New Jerusalem is not some towering monument, not some skyscraper-building, not some fabulous landmark, not some great commercial concern. It isn't a golden temple or an ivory palace. It is the throne from which Yahweh rules and reigns over all of creation.

The city is a monument to the pride of the glory-hungry sovereign who delights in robbing men of their dignity, and granting his subjects freedom enough to make a mistake just so he could condemn them for it and command their execution.

Those that inhabit the New Jerusalem will have their identities squashed.