“Throughout the unfolding of the covenant of grace, has been preparing the hearts of His people for the new Jerusalem. When Adam and Eve had stood barred from the garden of Eden, separated from the God whose presence had marked every moment of their lives, turned over to the death that God had said would come upon their disobedience, clothed in the skins of slain animals, they could not have fathomed the iridescent glory of the new Jerusalem (Gen. 3:21–24). But gradually, over generations and generations, God prepared His people for it. God had His purpose, He pursued it by His covenant of grace, and in a city bulging with radiant light and jubilant praise, He achieves it. God has a people and they are dwelling with Him in eternal glory.”

STEPHEN G. MYERS, GOD TO US: COVENANT THEOLOGY IN SCRIPTURE, 400.