"JASPER"

Jasper is mentioned very early in Bible History as one of the twelve gems of the High Priest's breastplate, and in Prophecy, as in one of the foundations of the New Jerusalem.



"And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold"


19And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; Revelation 21:19


3 And he that sat was to look upon like jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. Revelation 4:3

Exodus chapter 39 you will find how all the many stones were used and for what purpose and what the meaning is, for example: V1. And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses’.

"The Jasper, the last stone in the Old Testament breastplate, represented Benjamin. This was a clear stone, speaking of total victory. On the Jasper stone was Benjamin's name, which is a combination of two Hebrew words (BEN and JAMIN), so scholars tell us, meaning 'the son of my right hand'...or, as one authority puts it, 'the son of my power.' The first and last stones pointed forward to the first and second coming of the great High Priest--none other than the Lord Jesus Christ.


"However, here in Revelation 4, the order of the stones is reversed. John the Beloved sees Him (Jesus) first as the Jasper and second as the Sardius. The reason is clear: In the Old Testament the saints looked forward to the day when the Lamb would come, they looked forward to the cross, and therefore saw the Sardius...the blood-red stone...first. They looked beyond that and saw the Jasper, the clear white stone representing His power and His rule at His second coming to set up the kingdom. However, when John had the experience we are now studying, he was on this side of Calvary and the Rapture, and was looking back. John saw, first of all, the Jasper stone, the clear one--and then the red stone, the cross and sacrifice."


Today I was lying down and just thinking about how Beautiful Heaven will be, and thinking about the building of this city. The Jasper stone came to mind as I have heard it many times growing up. The stone and stones are mentioned in several places in the Bible, so I wanted to look into the meaning, I hope the information I came up with will give you a better outlook as well.


God Bless you my friends!