Jesus Christ will reign from Jerusalem in the future and as the holy city, it is witten about more than other cities in Scripture.
Rev discusses a New Jerusalem descending from heaven.
Babylon the Great is described as being destroyed and never to be rebuilt.
FWIW, considering Saddam Hussein was rebuilding ancient Babylon, it is probably more likely that other world centers of power are destroyed and Babylon is rebuilt as a center of worldly power prior to the Great Tribulation. Also considering an army of demons is loosed from this vicinity, I suspect it also becomes a center of satanic worship.
Jesus Christ already reigns from Jerusalem: the heavenly New Jerusalem. That is his Church, and he is there to stay, except for maybe the final judgement.
>>>Rev discusses a New Jerusalem descending from heaven.<<<
Correct. But taken in context, John was carried away in the spirit: so everything he saw was spiritual, as follows:
"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," (Rev 21:10 KJV)
John was on or near a great and high mountain when he saw the holy city. That spiritual imagery is used in other places in the scriptures:
"But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem." (Mic 4:1-2 KJV)
In the old testament prophecies, when referencing the Church, the mountain is called mount Zion and the Church is called Jerusalem. In the new testament, the mountain is called mount Sion, and the holy city New Jerusalem is called the Church, as follows:
"But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant ..." (Heb 12:22-24 KJV)
The imagery of those coming to New Jerusalem in the Revelation is similar to that written in Micah:
"And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it." (Rev 21:24 KJV)
The Lamb is the light of it (Rev 21:23.) The last two books of Revelation go into some detail about the holy city; but Heb 12:22-24 provides the best understanding, in my opinion.
Paul wrote about the two Jerusalems, and what they represent, in this manner:
"… for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all." (Gal 4:24-26 KJV)
So, in going from the old testament to the new, we went from old Jerusalem to new Jerusalem, and from bondage to freedom. Note also the imagery of heavenly Jerusalem as the Mother of Us All. Do you think that might be the woman in Revelation 12 that brings forth the man-child? Recall the devil went after the "remnant" of her seed, which believe in Christ. That interpretation is not without scriptural support:
"Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children." (Isa 66:7-8 KJV)
>>>Babylon the Great is described as being destroyed and never to be rebuilt. FWIW, considering Saddam Hussein was rebuilding ancient Babylon, it is probably more likely that other world centers of power are destroyed and Babylon is rebuilt as a center of worldly power prior to the Great Tribulation. Also considering an army of demons is loosed from this vicinity, I suspect it also becomes a center of satanic worship.<<<
LOL! If you believe the Revelation speaks exclusively of the future, the sky is the limit. It can go anywhere your imagination takes you. Some with more vivid imaginations, like the false prophets Hal Lindsey and Tim LaHaye, have gotten filthy rich from "Antichrist" book and movie sales.
I personally believe most of the Revelation refers to the brutal and widespread persecution of the early Christian church by Emperor Nero and Apostate Judaism; and the judgement against them: in particular against Jerusalem in A.D. 70, as Christ prophesied in the Olivet discourse (Matt 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21.)
Philip