Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; the first heaven and the first earth had disappeared now, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the holy city, and the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, as beautiful as a bride all dressed for her husband. . . It had all the radiant glory of God and glittered like some precious jewel of crystal-clear diamond....
(Revelations 21/1-2,11)