PART FIVE
What does Jesus look like? Let’s see what John saw as He gives us a lively description. Starting at Revelation 1:13, John says Jesus wore a robe that fell to his feet with a golden sash around His chest. His hair was white as snow. From this white head His two eyes flashed like flames of fire. His face shone like the brightness of the blinding sun. His feet gleamed like they were glowing in a furnace. His voice sounded like the roar of many rushing waters coming together, over-powering even the sounds of waters like Niagara Falls or Victoria Falls. Jesus said to John, “Don’t yield to fear. I am the Beginning and I am the End.” (Revelation 1:17 — The Passion Translation). Try to image this picture, your master, your ruler, your king dressed like John’s description and speaking from such a mouth. (The two-edged sword represents the Word of God.) Would you trust Him? Would you be willing to surrender all to Him? I would. I can’t think of anything to equal that.
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PART FOUR
We tend to think of the word “revealing” in reference to ourselves, since we see through a glass darkly. But the book of Revelation takes up the cause of revealing Jesus and who He is and what is He like. We don’t know all we need to know about Him because Jesus was veiled in His human flesh. We couldn’t see His deity while He was on the earth, it was only afterward, after His horrible, torturous death and His dramatic, majestic resurrection that we could comprehend Him as God. Jesus speaks of what displeases Him in His diatribe against the seven churches in western Turkey. First, He congratulates each church and then He blames them for His displeasure. In this revelation that Jesus gave to John on the isle of Patmos, John sees Jesus walking among these seven churches, which indicates the intimacy Jesus has with His churches. He is there. He is observing. He is correcting. He is loving them. PART THREE
Since we are pursuing knowledge of Jesus, uncovering the names by which He is known will give us insight into the character of the Son of Man, who He really is. According to chapter 1 of Revelation, Jesus is called “The Ruling King.” There are many kings in our lives, but Jesus rules over them all. Every authority figure that affects us is a king who dictates to us, such as teachers, parents, bullies, street crossing guards, bosses, celebrity figures, politicians, friends, neighbors, spouses, grand-parents, religious leaders, bankers, business leaders, professional athletes, Hollywood stars, popular people, brothers, sisters, other family members, economists, journalists, scientists, doctors, television and radio commentators, beautiful people, advertisements, weather forecasters, researchers, soldiers, therapists, and writers. I could go on and on listing authority figures, but here’s the thing. None of these are actually kings. We simply give them the right to dictate a little part of our lives. Not one of these can tell us what will happen in our future, or what to do about today, or how to dismiss the dictates of our past. |
Marty
Delmon Writer
Evangelist Teacher Writing has been in my blood, so to speak, but when I surrendered my life to Jesus Christ and He told me to write, all my trepidations rolled away, and I began in earnest! After all, if God Almighty says it was His idea that I be a writer, who am I to stand in His way? My hope is that you not only like what I write, but that your life is moved by it, and that your party to Jesus and with Jesus turns your life into days of Heaven on Earth.
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