{"id":595,"date":"2017-09-30T07:28:03","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T15:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=595"},"modified":"2017-09-30T07:28:03","modified_gmt":"2017-09-30T15:28:03","slug":"devotion-revelation-112-18-the-author-of-our-salvation-plainly-seen-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=595","title":{"rendered":"Devotion\u00a0\u00a0 Revelation 1:12-18\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0The Author Of Our Salvation Plainly Seen\u00a0 Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Revelation 1:12-18\u00a0<\/strong>–\u00a0I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands,\u00a013\u00a0and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man,\u00a0dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet\u00a0and with a golden sash around his chest.\u00a014\u00a0The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.\u00a015\u00a0His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace,\u00a0and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.\u00a016\u00a0In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword.\u00a0His face was like the sun\u00a0shining in all its brilliance.\u00a0 17\u00a0When I saw him, I fell at his feet\u00a0as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me\u00a0and said:\u00a0\u201cDo not be afraid.\u00a0I am the First and the Last.\u00a018\u00a0I am the Living One; I was dead,\u00a0and now look, I am alive for ever and ever!\u00a0And I hold the keys of death and Hades.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, 13\u00a0and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man,\u00a0dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet\u00a0and with a golden sash around his chest<\/span>.\u201d John turns around to see who was speaking to him. We must remember that symbols are used in the revelation given to John.\u00a0 The best interpretation of the symbols, when available, are the Word of God itself.\u00a0 And more clear yet is the when, within the book of Revelation, the meaning of the symbol is clearly given.\u00a0 The seven golden lampstands are so explained in V20<\/strong> \u201cThe mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand\u00a0and of the seven golden lampstands\u00a0is this: The seven stars are the angels\u00a0of the seven churches,\u00a0and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.<\/span>\u201d\u00a0 So the mystery of the symbolism of the seven golden lampstands is gone.\u00a0 They represent the seven churches that the Lord will be addressing (Revelation 2-3<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Who is among the churches but He through whom the churches exist and survive, Jesus (Colossians 1:16-20<\/strong>).\u00a0 Here he is called someone like \u201clike a son of man.\u201d This is the term that was most often used by Jesus of Himself (Matthew 8:20, Matthew 9:6, Matthew 12:8, Matthew 16:27, Matthew 17:22, Matthew 24:30, Matthew 25:31, Mark 9:9, Mark 15:39, Luke 4:41, Luke 21:27, John 5:27, John 12:23<\/strong>).\u00a0 Also we can see in Daniel 7:13<\/strong> that the Messiah, that Jesus was referred to as \u201clike a Son of Man.\u201d\u00a0 He was wearing a robe that some interpret as priestly.\u00a0 He had a golden sash around his chest.\u00a0 Gold is representative of royalty and here we have He who is King of kings (Revelation 17:14<\/strong>).\u00a0 The Jewish priests wore sashes around their waist.\u00a0 Here the sash is around His chest.\u00a0 It has been suggested that it is around His chest because when Jesus was on earth He wept, as when He wept for Lazarus and a lost world.\u00a0 However when Jesus comes back He does not come back as the Lamb of God, but as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, as Judge, Lord of lords and King of Kings, as Conqueror of all who oppose Him.\u00a0 He now longer is weeping and reaching out.\u00a0 He comes to rectify.\u00a0 The sash is binding His heart because He is control, He is on the throne and everything is going according to plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.<\/span>\u201d\u00a0 Having hair \u201cwhite like wool, as white as snow<\/span>\u201d takes us back to the Daniel 7:9<\/strong>.\u00a0 In this verse God is referred to as the \u201cAncient of Days\u201d (Oh I love that name of God!)\u00a0 Here the hair of God is likewise described as \u201cwhite as snow\u201d and while like wool.\u201d\u00a0 The reference back to this verse in Daniel is no accident.\u00a0 Daniel 7<\/strong> is describing the same end times as Revelation<\/strong> the two are irrevocably linked.\u00a0 God the Father and Jesus are one.\u00a0 His white hair represents dignity, the wisdom of old age, holiness and purity.\u00a0 Here is the Jesus, who committed no sin (1 Peter 2:22<\/strong>) returning and people may see what the truth of what they had wanted to stone Him for, that He and God are the same, they are equal (John 10:33<\/strong>).\u00a0 Oh, I love it!\u00a0 Praise our Almighty Triune God!<\/p>\n

His eyes are like blazing fire.\u00a0 They look right through us.\u00a0 No, better said, they burn right through us. There are no secrets between God and us.\u00a0 There will come a day when we shall all stand before God and all our works shall be judged if they were done for Jesus, or for any other reason.\u00a0 If what we have done in our lives is not for Jesus, then it is like wood, hay or straw.\u00a0 All our works will be to the fire.\u00a0 All works done not for Jesus, will burn in fire as He sees them.\u00a0 However, all works done because of the love of God within, will not burn, but will survive the fire. The only thing that will remain is what was done with Jesus as the foundation.\u00a0 For these, we shall be rewarded.\u00a0 Remember, this is a judgement that is not a judgement of salvation or cursing.\u00a0 We have an eternal salvation through Jesus that He will never take from us and that no-one and nothing can take from us.\u00a0 This is a judgement solely of our works. Family, imagine that day, standing before the Lord and Him calling you His own.\u00a0 The reality of the eternal punishment for those who rejected Jesus is very real and before our eyes.\u00a0 We are happy beyond belief that we belong to Jesus. Our gratitude to Him is without limit.\u00a0 Now it is my turn to have my works examined by the Lord.\u00a0 As His gaze ignites my works, how ashamed I will be if, as I stand before my Savior and Lord, almost nothing that I did was in His name, to bring Him glory.\u00a0 Oh what great shame!\u00a0 How horrible that feeling.\u00a0 Yet, more divine, and almost too much at the same time, is that He sees the meager pile of what remains and then looks at me and smiles at me with the most warm and loving face I have ever seen.\u00a0 Oh, I know I deserve eternal punishment from God.\u00a0 I also know that the only reason I am not receiving the eternal punishment is standing before me, accepting me as His, even with my feeble efforts on His behalf exposed.\u00a0 Those eyes that are blazing like fire are eyes that see all we have ever done, and we know it.\u00a0 Oh. My. Goodness.\u00a0 And at the same time praise our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.\u00a0 Oh how He love us!<\/p>\n

Family, knowing, whether we are always fully cognizant of it or not, we are in His presence.\u00a0 He is watching us. Let us all pray that our actions glorify God.\u00a0 He deserves that kind of love from us.\u00a0 In that day, when we stand before Him, we shall know the truth of His Word as He has revealed it to us.\u00a0 May we live faithful to God not that we may not be ashamed then.\u00a0 Even so, He loves us.\u00a0 For those who love the Lord, \u201cEverything is going to be okay!\u201d\u00a0 Everything is going to be beyond great.\u00a0 Praise God who assures that for us!<\/p>\n

\u201cHis feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace,\u00a0and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c16\u00a0In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHis face was like the sun\u00a0shining in all its brilliance.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I saw him, I fell at his feet\u00a0as though dead.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThen he placed his right hand on me\u00a0and said:\u00a0\u201cDo not be afraid.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c18\u00a0I am the Living One; I was dead,\u00a0and now look, I am alive for ever and ever!\u00a0And I hold the keys of death and Hades<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Psalm 150:6<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Micah 7:7<\/strong>\u00a0– But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear\u00a0me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Micah 6:8<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0He has shown You, O man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; And what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.<\/span><\/p>\n

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