[[@page.3.21.18]][[@bible.87.21.18]]3.21.18 - Revelation [[21:18|bible.87.21.18]] 
The construction of its wall was of jasper
Jasper was the last stone in the breastplate of the high priest (Ex. [[28:20|bible.2.28.20]]; [[39:13|bible.2.39.13]]). It was also one of the stones which was Satan's covering in the garden of God (Eze. [[28:13|bible.26.28.13]]). The light of God's glory in her midst shines through the jasper walls (Rev. [[21:11|bible.87.21.11]]+).pure gold, like clear glass
Pure and clear are from the same word, καθαρός [katharos] : clean, pure, free from dirt.1 Solomon's Temple was overlaid with gold (1K. [[6:22|bible.11.6.22]]). The New Jerusalem is considered the queen in relation to the King, the Lamb. "At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir" (Ps. [[45:9|bible.19.45.9]]). See Jerusalem Married to God.The purity of the gold speaks of that which has been tested and refined by fire to remove the dross (Job [[23:10|bible.18.23.10]]; Zec. [[13:9|bible.38.13.9]]; 2Cor. [[4:17-18|bible.68.4.17-68.4.18]]; 1Pe. [[1:7|bible.81.1.7]]). Those who inhabit the New Jerusalem are now without sin. No mention is made of lesser metals, such as silver or bronze (Isa. [[60:17|bible.23.60.17]]).
Notes
1 Frederick William Danker, and Walter Bauer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2000), 388.
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