Revelation 4:3 Revelation 4:3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. “ And he that sat” to sit upon a throne, doth signify, first, to make laws and constitutions for all his subjects, his churches, ministers and saints, how they should walk and worship God, \ There is one law-giver. \ The Lord is our law-giver -The Lord is our King, and HE will save us. “ Was to look upon like a jasper” our Lord Jesus Christ, the king, priest, and prophet of his church, is here resembled by three precious stones in Aaron’ s breast plate; the jasper, the sardine, and the emerald, \ which were also three of the foundation stones of the holy city, the new Jerusalem. \ This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of JEHOVAH, Jesus, in Ezekiel’ s vision. \ The other jasper is a precious stone, which shineth so bright, that no color can darken it; hereby it figured forth the shining glory of Jesus Christ, who is the brightest of his father’ s glory. \ The sardine, or sardius, is a precious stone of a clear carnation color; hereby is represented the spiritual beauty, and loveliness of Jesus Christ, Son 5:10-16 who is white and ruddy, and altogether lovely; made so precious to sanctified believers by his sufferings. \ A crucified Jesus is a precious Jesus, \ glorious in his red apparel; his bloody garments of redemption and salvation. \ The emerald is a lively lovely green stone, mixed with shining rays, and sparklings of other excellent and pleasant colors, which make that precious stone very desirable for its worth, beauty, and lustre. So is our precious Lord Jesus Christ ten thousand thousand times more worth, more glorious, and more desirable for the variety of his spiritual gifts and graces. “ And there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald” And Christ is said to have a rainbow upon his head, \ The rainbow was a token of Gods covenant with Noah, \ and was applied by the prophet for the everlasting comfort of the church of God, \ and signifies that God and Christ is ever mindful of the new covenant, and will perform his word to a thousand generations. \ God will not break his covenant, \ and Christ is the mediator of the new convenant between God and his people. \