John saw Jesus when he turned around. The vision before him was something quite spectacular. Try to picture it as you read…
Rev 1:13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the SON OF MAN, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
Rev 1:14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Rev 1:15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
Rev 1:16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength
SON OF MAN - JESUS
Mat_8:20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the SON OF MAN hath not where to lay his head.
Mat_9:6 But that ye may know that the SON OF MAN hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
Son of Man- Jesus- standing in the middle of seven candlesticks.
Jesus - dressed completely- a robe and a golden girdle about His person.
Jesus - His hair white like wool, white as snow.
Jesus - His eyes like fire.
Jesus - His feet like burning brass.
Jesus - His voice loud, reverberating.
Jesus - Seven stars in His right hand.
Jesus - Out of his mouth- a sharp, TWO-EDGED SWORD.
Eph 6:17 … the SWORD of the Spirit, which is the word of God
Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any TWOEDGED SWORD, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
At this glorious sight John fainted.
Rev 1:17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead.
Jesus then touched John with His right hand, the hand holding seven stars, and He spoke to John.
Rev 1:17… And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me,
Jesus said-
Rev 1:17… Fear not; I am the first and the last
Rev 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Rev 1:19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter.
Jesus didn't want John frightened, He told John that He was the first and the last, the one that lived and died, and lives now forever. Jesus told John that He held the keys of the grave and death. What amazing truths. Surely John was comforted upon hearing that this miraculous being before Him was none other than His Savior! And His Savior had come to him now after all these years and wanted him to write down what he had seen, things that were right then and things that would be at another time- prophecy- the future.
Having comforted John and reiterating the reason for the vision- Jesus wasted no time but began to tell John more of what he would need to write.
Those seven stars that John had seen in Jesus hand, and the seven golden candlesticks Jesus had been standing in the middle of were both symbols of something else.
Rev 1:20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
Seven stars- seven angels of the seven churches. What seven churches- the ones mentioned just a few verses ago. The churches of perfect symbolism - the perfect church.
Prophecy. Stars-Angels. Candlesticks-Churches. Jesus surrounded by the churches symbolizing the church He would have perfected, with angels to be with the church as it perfected.
More tomorrow by the grace and will of our LORD!
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