"... There are many references to God's heavenly throne in texts such as 1 Enoch 60:2, 62:3, and 84:2, as well as the Apocalypse of Abraham 18:12, but not all include a temple or city. In 1 Enoch 14:14-23, Enoch is swept up into heaven and beholds a vast white house encircled by fire. Inside, he finds another house of fire with a throne at its center, flanked by cherubim and the Glorious One seated upon it, signifying the heavenly temple. Enoch witnesses this once more in 1 Enoch 71:5-11. The heavenly throne doesn't always conjure an image of a heavenly temple, but it might encompass acts of service, prayer, and worship. This portrayal of the heavenly temple and city offers a solution to the problem of human defilement of the city by envisioning the city as fundamentally heavenly, isolated from earthly human contact. Additionally, the universal importance of Jerusalem is highlighted by emphasizing its significance and uniqueness in this world. Jerusalem is posited at "the middle of the earth," as suggested by the Sibylline Oracles 5:250, and echoed in 1 Enoch 26:1, 2 Enoch 72:35, and Jubilees 8:12, 19, a notion occasionally found in the Old Testament, such as in Ezekiel 38:12 and Judges 9:37. Jerusalem is distinctively God's city, as declared in 4 Ezra 10:7, where Ezra states, "From all the cities that have been built you have consecrated Zion for yourself." Additionally, 1 Enoch 25:3 portrays it as the earthly location of God's throne ..."