The Presentation of the Person of the Book
12 "And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;"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."
14 "His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;"
15 "And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters."
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."
The vision
which flashes before the seer John commands his attention. He is introduced to
the central personality of this book, and for that matter, of the entire Bible.
This is the One he has been occupied with since those days he walked and talked
with Him in the way. And now, in the closing scene of all revelation, in one
grand burst of brilliance, it is the Revelation of Christ Himself with which
the writer is to be occupied, "for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of
prophecy" (Rev. 19:10). Swiftly he surveys the Person before him and notes
His humanity and His Deity.
The setting
for this vision is described in verse 12. It was the voice that led him to turn
and look. When turned, he saw seven golden candlesticks. These will later be
identified as the seven churches. So far as God's present dealings with
humanity are concerned, He is now engaged in calling out the church.
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