The
construction of the wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear
glass.
- · When we read of jasper and pure gold and all kinds of precious stones, we should take these as literal representations; yet they express realities of another world. We can gain a brief glimpse of what John saw, but we can’t even begin to see it in fullness until we see it with our own eyes. (DG)
- · John’s use of material riches to describe the city “is his way of bringing out the very great value of what God has for His people.” (Morris)
Exodus
28:20 and the fourth row, a beryl, an
onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in
gold settings.
Exodus
24:10 and they saw the God of
Israel. And there was under His feet as
it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and it was like the very heavens even
as clear glass.
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