Misinterpretations of this verse often literalize the 'great and high mountain' as a specific earthly location or confuse the descending New Jerusalem with a rebuilt physical Jerusalem on earth during a millennial kingdom, ignoring its heavenly origin and symbolic representation of the church triumphant; others spiritualize it solely as the present invisible church without acknowledging its future eschatological fulfillment, or dismiss it as mere allegory devoid of any concrete reality in God's new creation.
Revelation of John 21:10
King James Version (1769)
10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
Revelation 21:10 depicts John's prophetic vision of the New Jerusalem, the holy city descending from God, symbolizing the ultimate consummation of God's redemptive plan where He dwells eternally with His purified people in perfect holiness and glory, free from sin, death, and sorrow, as the bride of the Lamb radiant with divine splendor.