{"id":597,"date":"2017-10-01T14:39:49","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T22:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=597"},"modified":"2017-10-01T14:40:20","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T22:40:20","slug":"devotion-revelation-112-18-the-author-of-our-salvation-plainly-seen-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=597","title":{"rendered":"Devotion\u00a0\u00a0 Revelation 1:12-18\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0The Author Of Our Salvation Plainly Seen\u00a0 Part 2"},"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

\u201cHis feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace,\u00a0and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters<\/span>.\u201d\u00a0 His feet are seen as metallic.\u00a0 They have sure strength to support Him and all He shall do and they are also metal and able to tread over those who oppose Him (Do not know Him as Savior and Lord).\u00a0 As the book of Revelation clearly reveals, God does not wince as He describes that judgement has come to the evil (Those who have resisted Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and Lord).\u00a0 It is a fact.\u00a0 God is just and He brings justice with Him.\u00a0 Some would have God neglect justice so that this one or that one may enter into heaven without having yielded to Jesus.\u00a0 Bah!\u00a0 God does not show favoritism (Romans 2:11<\/strong>).\u00a0 God is wholly and entirely just.\u00a0 None can enter on the basis of their own goodness.\u00a0 None.\u00a0 If God were to let one, just one, in on the basis of good work then all that were not let in for the same reason, would be unjustly treated by God, and God would be rising against Himself, His Word, and against all of mankind.\u00a0 God is good and just and it is clear in His Word that He there is only one way to eternal peace with God and that is through Jesus (Acts 4:12, John 14:6<\/strong>).\u00a0 The Bible does not draw back and timidly say that Jesus returns to judge.\u00a0 Neither should we.\u00a0 Our alliance is with God.\u00a0 We are not ashamed and do not shrink back from Him or His Word.\u00a0 He and it are life to us.\u00a0 We cling to Him fully, or we have none of Him.\u00a0 We either say His Word is inerrant and infallible, or none of the promises of God stand. If one iota of God\u2019s Word is not true, then the whole of it falls.\u00a0 God is coming back.\u00a0 He is coming back this time as the Mighty One and His enemies will be conquered.\u00a0 There will be no exceptions.<\/p>\n

Another inference we can draw from this description of Jesus is that He is the one who was in the furnace with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (Daniel 3:25<\/strong>).\u00a0 The one who did not allow them to be burned in the fire furnace is the same on who stands with us through our fiery trials.<\/p>\n

His voice is like rushing waters.\u00a0 The sound of a rushing mighty river can be very loud.\u00a0 It is powerful and awe-inspiring.\u00a0 It holds one\u2019s attention as it takes away one\u2019s breath.\u00a0 His voice will be heard by all.\u00a0 Rushing waters have power.\u00a0 His voice comes with power.<\/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\u00a0 What the seven stars are is revealed in V20 \u201c\u2026<\/strong>The seven stars are the angels\u00a0of the seven churches\u2026).\u00a0 We know that the \u201caggelos\u201d (transliteration) is most often translated as angel.\u00a0 It means someone who is sent. It most often represents angels that wait before the throne of God to do His bidding.\u00a0 They bring His message to the mankind.\u00a0 Some here suppose that what is meant here refers to church pastors.\u00a0 Certainly the Lord ordains pastors to be messengers to His churches.\u00a0 However, it seems the stronger sense to be to taken is what seems to be obviously stated.\u00a0 The fact that Israel has the Archangel Michael as \u201c\u2026the great prince who protects your people\u2026\u201d (Daniel 12:1<\/strong>) clearly shows that God assigns angels to protect.\u00a0 God has assigned angels to protect these seven churches that were being oppressed and whom the enemy wanted to extinguish.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis face was like the sun\u00a0shining in all its brilliance<\/span>.\u201d Brilliance is otherwise and more appropriately translated, strength.\u00a0 Plainly seen in the face of the returning triumphant and conquering Messiah is strength.\u00a0 As men who oppose Him see Him they see He whom they insulted and attempted to degrade, coming in His fully revealed self, as God Himself. The Lamb is now the Lion.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I saw him, I fell at his feet\u00a0as though dead<\/span>.\u201d\u00a0 When Isaiah saw the Lord (Isaiah 6:1-5<\/strong>) he said \u201c…Woe is me!\u201d\u00a0 Isn\u2019t it queer, absolutely dumbfounding, that men rise to a level of arrogance that they think they could confront God on any level?\u00a0 Here the prophet Isaiah comes \u201cunglued\u201d after seeing the Lord.\u00a0 God describes Job as \u201cThere is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God\u00a0and shuns evil<\/span>. (Job 1:8<\/strong>)\u201d Yet as this highly regarded Job was in the presence of the Lord God, being questioned by Him, Job also was instantly aware of the greatness of God and the smallness of man.\u00a0 Job was ashamed at having questioned God in any way (Job 40:4-5<\/strong>).\u00a0 When Jesus replied to the question if He was Jesus, and revealed His divinity in His answer that He is the great I AM, the power of Him just mentioning who He is knocked over the soldiers and officials.\u00a0 Yet men suppose to raise their fist at God and foolishly believe that their raise fists prove the inexistence or the impotence of God.\u00a0 Or men, even some who profess to be Believers, sometimes state that when the see God they will interrogate Him.\u00a0 Foolishness.\u00a0 Whether saint of sinner, all shall kneel at the feet of God.\u00a0 Friends, if Jesus was to appear to us in all His majesty, we too, would be afraid, even to look at Him, just as Moses was (Exodus 3:6<\/strong>).\u00a0 Friends, revere the Lord God because, though He is indeed love, He is also so awesome and powerful that He is overwhelming.\u00a0 Even John, the apostle that Jesus loved and was part of His inner group, fell prostrate in fear.\u00a0 Don\u2019t let anyone deceive you.\u00a0 John\u2019s act was not an act of reverence, but of awe, fear and of being overwhelmed.\u00a0 Our God is tender and loves us, but never forget that His might and strength.\u00a0 We shall see Him soon, at the right time.\u00a0 Everyone shall see.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen he placed his right hand on me\u00a0and said:\u00a0\u201cDo not be afraid<\/span>.\u201d\u00a0 So we see from the preceding and this section of the verse, an application of who we know Jesus to be.\u00a0 He is the Almighty God and He is also our tender and loving Lord.\u00a0 John was deathly afraid of this vision of Jesus.\u00a0 This was not the suffering and enduring servant that He had walked with.\u00a0 This is the Son of Man in all Hs glory and infinite power.\u00a0\u00a0 Yet, as John lay frozen on the ground, the nail pierced hand reaches out to John to comfort and reassure His old friend.\u00a0 He touches Him and says to Him \u201cIt\u2019s okay John, it\u2019s me.\u201d\u00a0 We should always respectfully regard Jesus as Almighty God, but never fear Him who loves us so tenderly. Praise our God!\u00a0 Praise our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ!<\/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\u00a0 Yes, He is Jesus Christ, Supernaturally conceived of God within a virgin girl.\u00a0 He was born not half man and half God, but fully God and fully Man.\u00a0 He lived a sinless life that He may be the unspotted, perfect Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world.\u00a0 He humbled Himself unto the will of our Father God, was despised and rejected by the ones He came to save.\u00a0 He was \u201cwounded for our transgressions,\u00a0he was<\/em>\u00a0bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace\u00a0was<\/em>\u00a0upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. (Isaiah 53:1-7<\/strong>)\u201d He seemed to have had His life taken from Him, but He had not.\u00a0 In fact, He offered it as a sacrifice for the sins of the world that we may have peace with God (John 10:17-18, 1 John 2:2<\/strong>).\u00a0 The point of our faith is the resurrection of Jesus.\u00a0 If Jesus did not rise from the dead, then our faith is useless (1 Corinthians 15:14<\/strong>).\u00a0 But Christ has indeed risen dead (1 Corinthians 15:20<\/strong>) and God has given His grace for the redemption of all who will come.\u00a0 It is important that it is pointed out that who John is seeing is the same Jesus He had walked with.\u00a0 Jesus was He who was alive, was killed, and now is alive.\u00a0 Jesus says \u201cnow look<\/span>!\u201d \u00a0Everyone look that all I have said has come true!\u00a0 Be happy, your salvation is assured.\u00a0 Praise God!\u00a0 Look, look, look, Jesus lives! And He shall live forever!\u00a0 He has the keys to death and to Hades (the place of the dead) and we need not worry.\u00a0 Some believe that He is here saying that if you don\u2019t follow Him you will be placed in Hades and shall suffer.\u00a0 Family, He is not issuing a threat. He is making a statement of the current condition of those who don\u2019t belong to Him.\u00a0 Those who are saved have been moved from bondage and death to freedom and life.\u00a0 Those who do not have Jesus as Savior and Lord remain in their condition of bondage and eternal death (John 3:16-18<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Revelation 1:19<\/strong> \u201cWrite, therefore, what you have seen,\u00a0what is now and what will take place later<\/span>.\u201d While God has not revealed all the details, He has given us needed details.\u00a0 Needed as determined by Him.\u00a0 Read and be wise.\u00a0 John writes of things of the past, things of the then present, and things to come.\u00a0 That is where we live, in the things that were and are to come.\u00a0 We live among the things that were to come and now are coming. Let\u2019s keep our eyes open.\u00a0 Jesus is coming back and our troubles in this world will be over.\u00a0 Family, let\u2019s \u201ckeep on keeping on\u201d in Jesus!\u00a0 Praise God!<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Revelation 1:12-18\u00a0–\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,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[82,129,1477,2257,103,1849,100,94,17,711,10],"class_list":["post-597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-acts","tag-corinthians","tag-daniel","tag-exodus","tag-isaiah","tag-job","tag-john","tag-micah","tag-psalm","tag-revelation","tag-romans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=597"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":599,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597\/revisions\/599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}