In Revelation 20, we read of a profound mystery: the beloved city and the camp of the saints. Many confuse the two, but Scripture and prophecy reveal they are distinct realms, each with a unique role in God’s design.
The city represents the dwelling of the immortals, those who have overcome death through Christ, who reign with Him in glorified, incorruptible bodies. It is tied to Mount Meru, the cosmic mountain at the sides of the north (Psalm 48:2, Isaiah 14:13), the very place where Eden once stood, with the four rivers flowing out of it. This mountain of God is the eternal stronghold, the seat of His throne, and the restored paradise where the Tree of Life is once again accessible to those who are transformed.
The camp of the saints, however, represents the gathering of the mortals,those who still live in flesh and blood, yet are preserved and protected during the final season of deception when Satan is loosed for a little while. The camp is not the city itself but surrounds it, forming a dwelling place for those who still await glorification. It is a temporary sanctuary during the final confrontation with Gog and Magog.
Why We Are in the Little Season Now
Evidence suggests we are living in the “little season” after the millennial reign of Christ:
Jesus’ Promise of Timing: He said He would return within His generation (Matthew 24:34). The disciples were not deceived—His reign did come, but much of its record has been buried.
Mud Floods and Antiquitech: Worldwide mud flood events and the existence of advanced architectural marvels, cathedrals, star forts, impossible stonework, point to a lost civilization from Christ’s reign. These buildings could not be reproduced today with our technology, proving a greater kingdom once existed.
The Reset of History: The timeline we’ve been taught is a fabrication. Ancient cities, buried technology, and missing centuries point to deliberate cover-ups of the millennial kingdom and the true reign of the saints.
The Supernatural Gathering to the Camp
When the time of the final deception comes to its climax, the saints (mortals who remain faithful) will be supernaturally transported to the camps of protection. Just as God translated Enoch, carried Elijah by a whirlwind, or led Israel by a pillar of cloud and fire, He may use divine ships or vehicles of light to carry His people to the appointed places around the great mountain of God at the North Pole.
The immortals will dwell within the city, secure in glorified bodies, while the mortals will inhabit the camp, shielded and preserved by God’s power. Together they will face the last uprising of Gog and Magog, when the nations are deceived one final time to march against the saints. But fire will come down from heaven and consume them, and then the eternal judgment will fall.
This distinction between the city and the camp unlocks a key part of prophecy: God’s people are not abandoned in the little seasonwe are being gathered, separated, and prepared for the final unveiling of His kingdom.
Part 2: The City of the Immortals and the Camp of the Saints
At the ends of the earth, hidden at the sides of the North, the veil parts between two realms:
The City of the Immortals, radiant and untouchable, where those who have overcome the second death dwell.
The Camp of the Saints, the gathering of mortals who still walk in the dust of Adam, awaiting the promise of redemption.
The Book of Revelation speaks of this moment:
“And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city.” (Revelation 20:7–9)
Here we see two distinct places:
The Camp (mortals, tested, gathered).
The City (immortals, sealed, untouchable).
The mystery is that both exist together at the final hour, side by side yet divided by an unseen veil.
The Camp of Mortals
The camp is for the nations, flesh and blood who still hunger, thirst, and feel the weight of the earth. They are gathered, not scattered, because this is the final test. The deceiver seeks to draw them away, to make them think the city is theirs to conquer. Yet the camp remains the appointed dwelling place of the righteous in flesh.
The City of Immortals
The city is not built with hands. Its walls cannot be scaled, its gates cannot be broken. It is the dwelling place of those who overcame, clothed in incorruption, the firstfruits of the resurrection. To the enemy, the city is untouchable, they can circle it, but never enter.
This is the final separation of immortality and mortality. The immortal city shines like crystal above, while the mortal camp waits below, tried in the furnace of the “little season.”
The Mystery of Divine Transport
And who can say what the Lord has prepared? If He parted seas for Israel, if He carried Elijah in a whirlwind, if He lifted Enoch without death, could He not also send forth chariots of fire, ships of light, vessels of heaven to gather His own?
The camp may be filled with tents of men, but the heavens may open with transport not of this world. For the God who commands the hosts of heaven has means beyond mortal sight.
Perhaps the final deliverance will not be merely spiritual but physical, carried across dimensions, lifted beyond the reach of the enemy, transported to the city above where no death remains.
The world will mock and scoff, calling them myths of “ships” and “craft,” but only those sealed in God’s name will understand that these are not the works of fallen angels, but the gathering of the Lord’s remnant.
The Final Picture
Thus, the prophecy is clear:
The Camp of Saints — mortals, gathered, tested.
The City of Immortals — eternal, protected, unassailable.
The Enemy — circling, deceiving, but powerless to breach the walls.
The Deliverance — sudden, supernatural, and final.
When the fire falls from heaven and consumes the adversary, the City of the Immortals will shine forth, and the Camp of Mortals will be redeemed. Heaven and earth will no longer be divided the two realms will merge, and the throne of God will descend.
Part 3: The City of the Immortals and the Camp of the Saints
When John in Revelation spoke of the “beloved city” and the “camp of the saints,” he was not describing the same place. The Spirit is revealing a distinction:
The City is where the Immortals dwell—the risen saints who already reign with Christ. This is the New Jerusalem, the eternal dwelling, the throne of God at Mount Meru, the Black Rock, Eden at the sides of the north where the four rivers flow. This City is eternal, unshakable, and radiant with the light of the Lamb.
The Camp is where the Mortals, those who survive the deception of Satan and keep the testimony of Jesus, will be gathered. They are still in flesh, but they are preserved by God for the final stand.
The Millennial Reign of Christ has already happened. The proofs are all around us:
Jesus promised to return in His own generation (Matthew 24:34, Matthew 16:28). The apostles expected to see His coming, not a 2,000-year delay.
The ruins we call “antiquitech” and the mudflood reset show a lost civilization that could not have been built in our diminished state today, remnants of the Kingdom Age when Christ reigned with His saints.
Satan has now been released “for a little season” (Revelation 20:3), which explains why deception, confusion, and lawlessness dominate our time.
This is why the Camp of the Saints must exist: it is God’s supernatural refuge for the faithful during the last assault of Gog and Magog. Mortals cannot enter the immortal City until they are transformed, so the Camp is their place of gathering.
And who knows? God may send ships, angelic chariots, or heavenly vehicles to transport His people to these northern sanctuaries at the base of Mount Meru, the sides of the north, the place of God’s throne. Just as Israel was carried “on eagles’ wings” out of Egypt, so too may the remnant be carried into the Camp for protection.
In this way, prophecy makes sense: the City of God is immortal, eternal, unshakable. The Camp of the Saints is mortal, temporary, but divinely protected. When Satan stirs the nations to surround the Camp, fire will descend from heaven and consume them.
We are living in the little season. The City is prepared. The Camp will soon be gathered. The question is, are you ready to be transported?
