We introduce the Jordan-strict topology on the multiplier algebra of a JB^*-algebra, a notion which was missing despite the forty years passed after the first studies on Jordan multipliers. In case that a C^*-algebra A is regarded as a JB^*-algebra, the J-strict topology of M(A) is precisely the well-studied C^*-strict topology. We prove that every JB^*-algebra {mathfrak {A}} is J-strict dense in its multiplier algebra M({mathfrak {A}}), and that latter algebra is J-strict complete. We show that continuous surjective Jordan homomorphisms, triple homomorphisms, and orthogonality preserving operators between JB^*-algebras admit J-strict continuous extensions to the corresponding type of operators between the multiplier algebras. We characterize J-strict continuous functionals on the multiplier algebra of a JB^*-algebra {mathfrak {A}}, and we establish that the dual of M({mathfrak {A}}) with respect to the J-strict topology is isometrically isomorphic to {mathfrak {A}}^*. We also present a first application of the J-strict topology of the multiplier algebra, by showing that under the extra hypothesis that {mathfrak {A}} and {mathfrak {B}} are sigma -unital JB^*-algebras, every surjective Jordan ^*-homomorphism (respectively, triple homomorphism or continuous orthogonality preserving operator) from {mathfrak {A}} onto {mathfrak {B}} admits an extension to a surjective J-strict continuous Jordan ^*-homomorphism (respectively, triple homomorphism or continuous orthogonality preserving operator) from M({mathfrak {A}}) onto M({mathfrak {B}}).