Previously in his ministry, Jesus wept over Jerusalem: “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who destroy the prophets and stone These sent to you personally” (Matthew 23:37). The earthly town and the previous covenant experienced become a system of legalism, unbelief, and condemnation rather than an area completely devoted to God.  The https://richardfrench.net/what-is-the-new-jerusalem-heaven-on-earth-in-revelation-21-22/