The Jerusalem above is the heavenly city that awaits believers (Hebrews 12:22; Revelation 3:12; Revelation 21:2, Revelation 21:10). It is a reference to life in the new creation where Christians will dwell in the presence of God in a new world. This Jerusalem is still to come in all its fullness, but one can already be a citizen of the new creation now. There is a sense in which the Jerusalem to come has already arrived.1
26 Mais la Jérusalem d'en haut est libre, c'est notre mère;