But who can enter this city?

A man in vision saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and the first earth, he saw, were done away with. Then, the man, John, saw a holy city, ‘New Jerusalem;’ coming down from heaven to the earth. The city was so beautiful, that John described it, ‘As a bride adorned for her husband.’ ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end,’ says a loud voice, to John.

John is shown the light of the city, which was like a most precious stone. The city was clear as crystal, and had a great and high wall. The wall had twelve foundations. The foundations were decorated with precious stones: jasper, sapphire, chalcedony, emerald, sardonyx, sardius, chrysolite, beryl, topaz, chrysoprase, jacinth, and amethyst. The city had twelve gates: three on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west. Each individual gate was of one pearl. At the gates were twelve angels. The gates of the city never close. The city and the street were pure gold, like transparent glass.

The people John saw entered the magnificent city were those whose names were written in the Book of Life. Read more about what John saw, and why the names of others were not written in the Book of Life. See Revelation chapter 21 (The Holy Bible KJV) http://www.treeofimmortality.wordpress.com