All that God does - agrees with all that God is - and being and doing are one in Him. -
-AW Tozer
Today we look at Revelation 1:17-20
When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, 18 and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.
As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
The List:
1) He is able to be seen (when I saw Him)
2) People fall at his feet (first of all we are able to get close enough to fall at his feet)
3) Coming close to him can be debilitating. This is a response to being close to Him
4) He lays his hand on people. God actually stoops low enough to touch John here.
5) He does’t want us to be fearful of Him ( there is a holy fear that is reverence and then there is the fear that causes us to run away, I believe the later is what he’s referring to here.)
6) He is the first (since the beginning)
7) He is the last (speaks of his transcendence)
8) He is living
9) He physically died
10) He wants us to see or behold him in his resurrected state
11) He is and forever will be alive
12) He holds keys to death and hades…he is deaths gatekeeper even to hell itself
13) He has mysteries ( Love that about Him!)
14) He appoint angels to the church
15) Angels are sent from His hand
16) He calls the churches lamp stands or likes to the church to represent lamp stands. (Which remember he walks among)
Declarations:
You are able to be seen
You allow me close enough to be before your feet
I cannot stand in your presence
You lay your hand on me
You do not want me to be fearful of you
You are the first
You are the last
You are living…you are alive
You actually died
You want me to see you in your resurrected state
You are alive and will remain alive forever
You hold the keys to death and Hades
You have mysteries
You appoint angels to the church
You send angelic help from your hand to the church
You call us, the church, to be lamp stands.
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