Not the ' Little Flock of Luke 12:32 ' but the ' other sheep of John 10:16 ' whose hope is to live forever on Earth, everlasting life on Earth ( Matthew 25:37)
God's ' tent ' (dwelling) is with ' mankind ' on Earth according to Revelation 21:3; Psalms 15:1-5.
So, the mankind of ' other sheep ' lives on Earth.
The promise of Rev. 21:3-5 is Not given to the spirit realm but specific to mankind on Earth.
Mankind was instructed to pray for God's kingdom to come. Not to be 'taken up' to the kingdom.
Heavenly Jerusalem governs from above - Galatians 4:26 - she is now the seat of government.
God's kingdom comes to put an end to all corrupt government on Earth as per Daniel 2:44-45.
Jesus is the figurative ' stone ' Jesus is king aka president of God's kingdom - 1 Corinthians 15:24-26.
Rev 11:15
Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
This would be when God's Kingdom comes to earth in all it's fullness.
Considering that the JWs teach that the Kingdom of God is a Government that rules from heaven, how does this fit in to that concept? It seems to be giving the usual meaning of Kingdom, the domain ruled by a King, and the earth is part of it.
. John 10:16
I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
In context these other sheep are the gentiles.
Luke 12:31 But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you. 32
Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
How do you know that this means going to live in heaven when as we see the Kingdom includes earth?
Matt 25:37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
This is speaking about when Jesus returns and the nations are gathered before Him and judged.
Matt 25:31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
The brothers and sisters Jesus is speaking of are all Christians surely and the nations are all other people and they will enter into the Kingdom also. (Which of course means that they will need to be born again--John 3)
What does being born again mean in JW theology, considering that those who believed were already born again 2000 years ago whilst still alive on earth?
Why is the promise of Rev 21:3-5 only for some Christians?
The New Jerusalem from heaven (no doubt heavenly Jerusalem) comes down to earth and God and the Lamb will live there with their people, and those people are everyone who is in the Kingdom, which includes the earth.
1Cor 15:24-26 tells us that Jesus is ruling as God now (with all power in heaven and on earth --Matt 28:16) and then He will submit Himself to His God and things will be like they have been from eternity with the Son submitting to His Father. The Son rules over the Kingdom of David forever and the increase of that Kingdom will never end so it includes all of God's Kingdom. (Isa 9:6,7)
JWs know about coregnum, both Father and Son ruling together.
Does handing back the Kingdom to His Father mean that He stops ruling? It seems not.
1Cor 15:28 When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all.
So we see the reason that the Son is made subject to the Father.
At the moment it is Jesus ruling and it is He who is all and in all.
And if we are to believe 1Cor 15:28 He was ruling when Paul wrote that epistle,,,,,,,,,,,,,He did not start ruling only in 1914.