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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 21 – The New Jerusalem
It would appear, therefore, that the height of

the city was proportionate to its length and

breadth, and not that it was as high as it was

long. The text certainly admits of this

interpretation; and this frees the language

from all ambiguity, and the city from all

disproportion, and shows perfect harmony in

the general description.

The building of the wall was of jasper. Jasper

is a precious stone usually described as of “a

beautiful bright green color, sometimes

clouded with white or spotted with yellow.”

This we understand to be the material of the

main body of the wall built upon the twelve

foundations hereafter described. And let it be

remembered that this jasper wall was “clear

as crystal” (verse 11), revealing all the glories

within.