Inspiration: 

In our earthly state our body and soul are one.  As Christians, our soul separates from the body at death to be united with a new body. 

Note: The colors of our earthly bodies as it correlates to the dust of the earth, compare the colors of the new heaven and earth as it correlates to the new body. 

Technique: 

Then I saw a new heaven and an new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away . . . I saw the Holy City . . coming down out of heaven . . .There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away . . . I am making everything new . . . It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal . . . The city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone.  The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.  The great street of the city was of pure gold, like transparent glass.  (Rev. 21 in part).