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JASPER

 

 

 

JASPER a quartz as clear as crystal

  

  

JASPER

THE FIRST FOUNDATION OF THE NEW CITY-SCENE VII

Personal Note:

Please note that the information listed is derived from many sources and research regarding the stones is ongoing.  It is difficult to use information of our current times when in biblical times that information may have been different (note the post regarding Emeralds when it is posted).

Obtaining the stones for the New City was my first endeavor when initiating supplies needed for the painting.  I focused on the “bible” names and nothing more.  When I began soliciting for and collecting stones from all over the world, I took their literal “bible” meaning.  Jasper is an excellent example of the confusion and controversy I began to face.

Jasper is noted to be mainly reds and browns most commonly.  There are banded and spotted in nearly all colors.  I imagined the stone used was red, perhaps banded with browns, blacks and yellow/whites as it was the most commonly seen stone with research.  There were blues (ocean jasper) which were magnificent but rare.  I wondered if the blue was the correct stone to use in order to illuminate the heavenly blue colors of God’s New City.

It was not until several years later I realized my error!  I had been collecting the wrong color all along.  I had read Revelation so many times and missed what I now understand jasper to be.  I began to research the stones from ancient times, scientifically, geologically, metaphysically and any way to develop a true understanding of exactly what each stone signifies. 

As I have previously stated: “I am not religious but I am learning”, and in that growth I tried to walk a mile in another “man’s” shoes to find out exactly what was on God’s mind when he mastered the architecture of his New City.  I imagine the plan was to mark HIS New City with HIS glory which SHINES like the sun.  What a better stone to use to crown HIS glory!

 

Referring to God and The New City from various biblical text:

• Rev. 4:3 And he that sat was to the sight like the jasper and sardine stone
• Rev. 4:6 …and before the throne there was something like a sea of glass, like crystal…
• Rev. 21:11 Having the glory of God, and the light thereof was like to a precious stone, as to the jasper stone, even as crystal… (SECOND TRANSLATION: …having the glory of God.  … brilliance was like a very costly stone of crystal-clear jasper.)
• Rev. 21:23 And the city hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon to shine in it.  For the glory of God hath enlightened it, and the Lamb is the lamp thereof.

 

 

FACTS REGARDING JASPER:

• Quartz is divided into two types:
• Macrocrystalline-Crystals are visible with the unaided eye.
• Cryptocrystalline-A microscope is required to see the individual crystals.
• Jasper is quartz of the cryptocrystalline type that can be of two distinct types; micro granular and fibrous.
• Quartz makes up 12% of the earth’s crust. (ODDLY ABUNDANT-REMEMBER THAT WHEN READING ABOUT THE STONES IN VARIOUS BLOGS.  A MYSTERY OF REVELATION WILL BE REVEALED IN THE BLOG SHORTLY BEFORE THE PAINTING IS UNVEILED 12/2010 WHICH WILL CHANGE HISTORY~!)
• As the most abundant mineral on earth, quartz and jasper are found all over the world.
• Jasper is often multicolored, banded or spotted and is commonly found in reds and browns.
• Has long been used as tools for hardness; spears and axes.
• Helps cure liver, intestinal ailments, stomach, gynecological, and cleanse the body of toxins.
• The stone was once believed to cure insanity with God’s help, and heal demon possessed.
• Egyptians placed amulets on the deceased as jasper was believed to create a safe passage in death.
• Protective, calming, offers stability, and balances the emotional and intellectual.
• Known as “the great rain bearer” in the fourth century.
• Origin of the name Jasper is Greek: iaspis.
• Brings happiness, aids in sleep, protective properties.

Major sources of Jasper include:

Venezuela, Germany, North Africa, Brazil, Canada, United States, Madagascar, Russia, Ural Mountains, India, Sicily, France, Egypt, Uruguay, Australia, Kazakhstan 

 
More information and addendums will be added as discovery occurs.

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