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The throne of the color of sapphire. The sapphire of the Bible is of a deep blue color. Which is very fitting for the color of the Holy Spirit is blue. The stone is noted as being a hard stone which shines brilliantly and is expensive. Eze. 1:26 The ability of the sapphire to receive a high polish is referred to by Solomon in Ecc. 4:7 Its value is equated with that of gold. Job 28:16 Moses, his brother and nephews plus the seventy elders of Israel saw a similar scene where the foundation of the throne was sapphire as clear as the sky itself. Ex.24:10 We may be certain that these are true colors, unpolluted by an atmosphere such as we have. Their beauty will be beyond our expectation. Incidentally, these descriptions of that which is heavenly may be used to evaluate the report of those who supposedly have gone to heaven and then returned.
The spiritual importance of the sapphire stone may be found in its usage as one of the twelve stones in the breastplate of the high priest where it represented one of the tribes of Israel. Ex. 28:18 As Aaron wore the breastplate the spiritual responsibility and care of the twelve tribes was on his heart, so with the great high priest, the Lord Jesus. His people are always on His heart. In a word picture penned by Isaiah he prophesied pertaining to the experiences of the last day church, the Bride. The foundation of that last house will be of sapphires, the beauty and glory of the Lord. Isa. 54:11 This is illuminated and emphasized by Rev. 21:19 where it appears as one of the foundations of the New Jerusalem. The stone was one of the precious stones used as the decoration of Lucifer. The one who appeared to Eve in all of his splendor and deceived her. Eze. 28:13
The MAN upon the throne, please place an emphasis on the fact that there is seen a man and that man could only be Christ Jesus, our Lord. Eze. 1:26 Therefore it is not strange that John likewise saw one sitting upon the throne. Rev. 4:2 There is only one man of whom it may be said that He is God and that is the man Jesus, the Son of God, the son of man. God is made manifest in the person of the Lord Jesus. 1 Tim. 3:16 The Lord Jesus came in the image and likeness of His Father, God. 2 Cor. 4:4 So exacting was the likeness that He was able to say that if any man has seen Him they have seen His Father. John 14:9 Jesus came at the instigation of His Father and performed the will and works of the Father. John 9:4 John 10:32 Jesus also declared that He was in the Father and the Father in Him. John 14:10 Remembering then that God is a Spirit (John 4:24) we understand that the Father who is a spirit and the Holy Spirit, by spirit, dwelt within the Lord Jesus in absolute fullness. Col. 2:9 He is the physical, visible evidence of God.