Descriptions of Jesus, Rev 1-3
There is so much meat in the first three chapters of Revelation that I’m going to break it up into a couple of different blog posts. Obviously the first one will be on the different descriptions of Jesus during John’s vision on the island of Patmos. Here we get majestic descriptions of Jesus that we don’t see in many other parts of scripture.
Just reading these powerful verses about Jesus brings out holy fear of who He is and how holy He is. As you read you can imagine what the vision must of been like and how life changing it would be to have seen that vision of Jesus Christ.
John looked and saw Jesus:
Clothed with a garment down to His feet and girded about the chest with a golden band. 1:13
His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow 1:14
His eyes were like flames of fire 1:14
His feet were like fine brass 1:15
His voice as the sound of many waters 1:15
In His right hand He had seven stars 1:16
Out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword 1:16
His countenance was like the sun shining in it’s strength 1:16
In the seven letters written to the seven churches Jesus describes himself at the beginning of each letter. Here is what He says:
To Ephesus
“These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands” 2:1
To Smyrna
These things says the First and the Last, who was dead, and came to life 2:8
To Pergamos
These things says He who has the sharp two-edged sword 2:12
To Thyatira
These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass 2:18
To Sardis
These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars 3:1
To Philadelphia
These things says He who is holy, He who is true 3:7
To Laodicea
These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God 3:14
Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near. 1:3
I received that.
Isn’t there a painting of this image of Jesus? If so do you know what it is called?
Great post! It gives me the Goosebumps every time I read His description… I can’t wait to see Him!
I personally am not a fan of Christianity because I think that there are to many contradictions in the bible and you say that you could be the nicest most sin free person in the world but if you don’t believe in god then your going to burn in hell yeah that sounds real fair or what about the remote tribes in the rain forest they have no idea about god or there people being outside there forest are you saying that there going to burn in hell to. Don’t get me wrong I believe in freedom of religion I just want some answers
@tony – Thanks for you comment. If you want to email me I’d be happy to discuss: boughtforaprice.com@gmail.com
Too many contradictions in the Bible – I don’t believe there are any, but name some that you can think of and I’ll address them.
It’s not about what I say, but what God says. God says “There are none who are righteous, no not one” (Isaiah 45:1) – If you have committed one single sin (like we all have) then that sin separates us from God and we need the blood of His son Jesus Christ to save us from our sin. See the famous John 3:16.
As for those remote tribes your talking about, most of them have heard about Jesus. But for any that have not God says in Romans 1:18-20 that all men are without excuse.
Romans 1:20
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse
It’s not about what Christians say, it’s about what God says in His Bible.
A little reading will reveal that there are tribes that have been converted before missionaries ever showed up. The pastor of the FBC of Wabash, Indiana in the early 1800s was an American Indian who had been converted in the deep woods by the Great Spirit before any Baptists ever showed up. He indicated that what they preached was what he had experienced and believed, though he knew not the words for it. I think he pastored that church for about 40 yrs. See a M.A. thesis in history at Ball State Uuniv., by Stanley Phillips; regarding tribes, see A.H. Strong’s Systematic Theology. I have come across oher examples. As to the bible and its errors. I was an atheist before my conversion, and I have taught history in college. In fact I have 18 hrs on a Ph.D, 12 of it at Columbia U.,The historicity of the Bible is sound in my opinion. Errors are only seeming, and usually yield to investigation. I remember reading how they use to reject the Bible as being in error, because it mentioned the Hittites and no one had ever heard of them. then they dug up the capital city of that empire and overturned all of that charge of fabrication on its head. This has happened many times. Having seen Jesus when I was a full-blown atheist, I kind of suspect that that Book, the Bible, is as dependable as can be. See Lee Strobel’s book, The Case For Christ (he is a former atheist). A journalist, he does a pretty good job of establishing the historical nature and reliabilty of the Bible. Since I know of the materials he cites, I certainly know he is very thorough in his investigation. Also the scholars he interviewed for his book are people of note in their fields.