heavenly city
Eternal blessed realm
A heavenly city is the dwelling place of God and the blessed dead in Christian tradition—the New Jerusalem described in Revelation, where the faithful will reside after death or the end of days.
The phrase evokes streets of gold, pearly gates, and eternal light: She believed her grandmother was now in the heavenly city.
Extended to any place of perfect bliss or spiritual fulfillment.
- paradiseIdeal, blissful place
- celestialOf the sky above
- ZionBiblical promised homeland
- New JerusalemUltimate divine-human dwelling
- goldenBright yellow, or precious
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- Heavenparadise, pearly gates, eternal life, New Jerusalem, afterworld
- utopiasUtopia, Plato's Republic, ideal society, paradise, Eden
- Sacred Allegoriesparable, allegory of the cave, Paradise Lost, Pilgrim's Progress, Divine Comedy
heavenly cityhell
Underworld of suffering
Gehenna · lake of fire · Hades · perdition · Tartarus
heavenly cityfallen world
Theologically corrupted earthly realm
mortal realm · Babylon · Sodom
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