Athens versus Jerusalem
Athens and Jerusalem are opposed. Athens is about grabbing Olympic glory in spades—glory for country yes, but (truth be known) glory for self is as great a motivation. Jerusalem, by contrast, was where one man, the Lord Jesus Christ, gave away all his glory for the sake of others, and his death was painful and shameful.
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich. (2 Cor 8:9)
Olympic glory—the glory of Athens, fades. Too often it reveals greed, ambition, selfishness, and self-seeking in the fading. Heavenly glory, the glory of the new Jerusalem, increases to reveal a new and glorious creation with ourselves remade, by and through forgiveness, in the image of Christ.