The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, and majestic in his radiant splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Revelation 1:17-18,
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"Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades."
The apostle John had heard a loud voice behind him, a loud voice like a trumpet. It told him to write some things for the seven churches of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum,Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.
When he turned to look he beheld a breath-taking scene of Jesus Christ in all his glory, "I saw seven golden lampstands, and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man, dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance." Verses 12-16.
As John beheld this astonishing vision, he tells us he fell down as though he were dead. Jesus reached out to him, placing his right hand on John and uttered the words above. It is the Savior, Jesus Christ! The One who holds "the keys of death and Hades." He was dead and now he is alive for ever and ever!
Although John knew Jesus well, having been a part of his group of disciples that spent years with him, and although John, along with his brother James and Peter had seen Jesus in all his glory on what we refer to as the Mount of Transfiguration (see Matthew 17:1-13), he was so stunned with Jesus that he needed to be told who he was.
This vision takes place many years after Jesus' death, resurrection and ascension into heaven. The time had come where Jesus now appeared to John to bring him a vision of revelation from God. We are told in verse 1 that God the Father gave this revelation to Jesus, and that Jesus made it known to John by sending "his angel". Today, as we read this book of Revelation, John now makes it known to us.
The book of Revelation seems so "other-worldly" precisely because it is other-worldly! It is communication from God himself to us, from the precincts of heaven to those of us here on planet earth!
Could there possibly be anything more fascinating than what we may expect to find in this book?
The apostle John had heard a loud voice behind him, a loud voice like a trumpet. It told him to write some things for the seven churches of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum,Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.
When he turned to look he beheld a breath-taking scene of Jesus Christ in all his glory, "I saw seven golden lampstands, and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man, dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance." Verses 12-16.
As John beheld this astonishing vision, he tells us he fell down as though he were dead. Jesus reached out to him, placing his right hand on John and uttered the words above. It is the Savior, Jesus Christ! The One who holds "the keys of death and Hades." He was dead and now he is alive for ever and ever!
Although John knew Jesus well, having been a part of his group of disciples that spent years with him, and although John, along with his brother James and Peter had seen Jesus in all his glory on what we refer to as the Mount of Transfiguration (see Matthew 17:1-13), he was so stunned with Jesus that he needed to be told who he was.
This vision takes place many years after Jesus' death, resurrection and ascension into heaven. The time had come where Jesus now appeared to John to bring him a vision of revelation from God. We are told in verse 1 that God the Father gave this revelation to Jesus, and that Jesus made it known to John by sending "his angel". Today, as we read this book of Revelation, John now makes it known to us.
The book of Revelation seems so "other-worldly" precisely because it is other-worldly! It is communication from God himself to us, from the precincts of heaven to those of us here on planet earth!
Could there possibly be anything more fascinating than what we may expect to find in this book?
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know.
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