“6. We need only to remember that the dwellers in the New Jerusalem ‘shall reign unto the ages of the ages’ (22:5). This could not be written of others than the inhabitants of the capital of the new creation.”3 The conclusion to this question would be that the Old Testament held forth a national hope, which will be realized fully in the millennial age. The individual Old Testament saint’s hope of an eternal city will be realized through resurrection in the heavenly Jerusalem, where, without losing