Cities are inevitable and necessary if there is to be any kind of complex economy, division of labor, technology development, medical practice, scholarship, etc. The Judgment results in a New Jerusalem, living close to God.
This is not to say that agrarian living should be replaced by urban living. Jefferson and other founding fathers had much good to say about agrarian living, and it is wise to rest on it as a foundation of society. The life of a farmer, for example, is nothing but responsibility, discipline, independence, community, and obligation.
Cities are inevitable and necessary if there is to be any kind of complex economy, division of labor, technology development, medical practice, scholarship, etc. The Judgment results in a New Jerusalem, living close to God.
This is not to say that agrarian living should be replaced by urban living. Jefferson and other founding fathers had much good to say about agrarian living, and it is wise to rest on it as a foundation of society. The life of a farmer, for example, is nothing but responsibility, discipline, independence, community, and obligation.