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The City being a sacrament was because Ibriel was building it for God, it wasn’t all metaphorical, in the sense that it was meant to be something that can’t be described in any way other than how Angels commute with their Creator. Rather, it was an act of forgiveness to God, that was the message, a holy city in his name. Which nevertheless is physical as is the weapon that killed him, regardless of rank and position of the Angel in question.It was never said that it was from physical materials. The City is a sacrament. You know, such things remain metaphors and carry other meanings in such realms. On the other hand, the weapons Lilim used were strong enough to kill even Seraphs.
I wouldn’t really count Yahweh into the mix since he literally detached himself from Creation entirely. Lucifer literally mentions that he closed the Circle of Eternity from the inside and let this creation free from his influence hence why Elaine replaced him and why Lucifer powers were leeching away from Creation after Yahweh departure.This may be possible because the existence of Heaven is mentioned even when the City is under construction. But it would also be complicated that way. So, in Mike's series, only the City being dropped might be a problem, but it was a miracle that this didn't happen anyway. This is one of the things Yahweh determined. And there are many reasons for this.
The reason I say non-corporal Heaven was because of Ibriel statement that “Angels are essence without shape” something that burned eternally in the name of God. Despite when we see them during the construction, they were physical so I would interpret that as wherever they came from and whatever they were was different from them being within the Universe. However, that’s simply a headcanon, so I wouldn’t really count my statement as much but it makes sense to me.