And they advanced over the breadth of the earth and encircled the camp of the holy ones and the beloved city.”​—Revelation 20:7-9a.

24. (a) What is “the beloved city,” and how can it be encircled? (b) What is represented by “the camp of the holy ones”?

²⁴ “The beloved city” must be the city that is spoken of by the glorified Jesus Christ to his followers at Revelation 3:12 and that he calls “the city of my God, the new Jerusalem which descends out of heaven from my God.” Since this is a heavenly organization, how could those earthly forces ‘encircle’ it? In that they encircle “the camp of the holy ones.”