New Jerusalem

"In the 1970s, we see the idea of New Jerusalem becoming an inner state. It moves into the mind. Instead of reaching perfection as a community of the chosen, an individual can achieve perfection through self-investigation and self-improvement."

New Jerusalem moves into the mind.

Instead, they thought the story of Revelation was maybe a little more allegorical, and actually humans are moving toward New Jerusalem ourselves.

New Jerusalem itself became somewhat more allegorical, no longer a literal city that would descend from the sky, but just the idea of living in perfection with God.

New Jerusalem, they believed, was quite literal.