The most beautiful of our cities are dusty and dingy, but there will be no dust in the streets above. Everything that God makes is always beautiful, and as God is the Maker of this city, we could expect nothing else but that it should be the most beautiful city that will ever greet human eyes. First, we may know the city is beautiful because it is new. It is new, clean, pure, and polished. John describes it as having the glory of God.
Glory is brightness, light, splendor.
God is light. Many Scriptures speak of the brightness of His glory which has often been a terror to sinners, but a joy to God s people. The glory of this city will ever be a source of joy and pleasure to all of those who shall walk in its light. Her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal. A jasper is said to be wavy with the various colors to the rainbow.