Participants: Pr. Daniel Mesa III
Series Code: RWD
Program Code: RWD000002A
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00:13 I'm very thankful for being here
00:14 together with you 00:16 at the Orosi Church in Central California. 00:19 I'm glad to be alive, and able to present the gospel 00:22 in the Book of Revelation. 00:24 Today we're gonna be going into Revelation 1 00:26 as the second part because we last time 00:29 looked at verses 1 through 8, but today 00:31 we're gonna go into verses 1 through... 00:35 I'm sorry, verses 9 through 20, 00:37 and look more into the beauty 00:39 and the Revelation of Jesus Christ 00:41 as it is written here in the Book of Revelation. 00:43 So before I get started with prayer though, 00:46 I'd like to introduce you to a friend of mine, 00:48 Laura LaBore, she's gonna come up here 00:49 and give just a brief moment of what she's doing 00:52 as a missionary with her family over the last 10 years 00:55 in Guyana. 00:57 So if you could speak in this microphone 00:58 that would be great. 01:00 We have been in Guyana for like you said 10 years, 01:02 we are with Adventist World Aviation. 01:05 And we use the airplane to fly people out 01:08 when they're sick and take them to the main cities. 01:11 And because of the airplane, we have actually had people 01:14 just knocking on our doors saying, 01:16 "Please, give us Bible studies." 01:18 We don't have enough people there to help us, 01:19 we need more people to help. 01:21 Amen. 01:22 So you said you had a website where people can learn 01:25 more about what you're doing there. 01:26 Would you share that with us, please? 01:27 Right. 01:29 You could go to WFHGuyana, G-U-Y-A-N-A.org 01:34 and that will be on our blog. 01:36 And we'll be transferring to the Philippines 01:38 too pretty soon. 01:40 Thank you so much, and God bless you. 01:42 That was a pleasure last night to have her 01:43 share with my family and a couple of friends, 01:46 what she's doing with pictures and going into details, 01:48 and I thought what an amazing ministry, 01:50 she's got to give a little bit so that people around the world 01:53 can hear what's going on there in not only Guyana, 01:56 but also in the Philippines. 01:57 So let's begin with prayer, 01:59 and then we'll get into the Gospel 02:00 of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. 02:06 Father, thank You for all of us that are able to gather 02:10 and listen whether it be online, 02:13 or on CD, or DVD whatever it is, wherever it is, 02:16 may you bless us in the time that we hear 02:18 the words that You have spoken in the Book of Revelation. 02:21 I pray that You glorify yourself, 02:23 do not trust me with a single word here 02:24 before these people, 02:26 and may be that the angels are here 02:27 to keep us from all distractions. 02:29 May the Holy Spirit also have power in our lives, 02:31 in our hearts and our minds. 02:33 Thank You for this, Father. 02:34 In Jesus name, amen. Amen. 02:37 All right, we will be looking at Revelation 1:9. 02:42 If you'd like to turn there, that would be great. 02:45 We were looking last time at a lot of different things, 02:48 and one of the concepts that I mentioned 02:51 but didn't go through very much was that 02:54 the Book of Revelation covers so many different sevens. 02:58 The word seven is used many times 03:00 in the Book of Revelation, why? 03:01 So I'm gonna look at that for just a brief moment. 03:04 Why are there so many times the word "seven" is used? 03:08 Then I'm gonna come to one conclusion, 03:09 you could probably come to others as well, 03:11 but the one that I like is what I'm gonna share, 03:14 and trust me, there is so much in this book. 03:17 I cannot share all of what I want to 03:19 in the brief amount of time we're gonna spend together. 03:21 But notice, in the very first chapter of Revelation, 03:25 did you know that it actually uses the word seven 03:29 12 different times. 03:32 You didn't know that reading chapter 1, did you? 03:34 You read 12 different times the word seven is used 03:38 and that does not include the seven fold praise 03:41 of Christ in verses 5 and 6. 03:44 So there are lots of different sevens that are mentioned. 03:46 It doesn't even mention the seven times 03:48 the word blessed is used, or the seven times 03:50 all those other words are used that I mentioned, 03:52 and there are more that I mention be, 03:54 or that I didn't mention before, 03:56 but when you notice that sevens are used 04:00 through the Book of Revelation because that 04:03 God is trying to establish himself 04:05 as something. 04:07 Now I have a quick question, if you think of 04:08 the orbiting bodies in our universe, 04:12 what would you look at there in our orbiting bodies 04:15 of the universe to come up with a year, okay? 04:19 You would have the earth rotating around the sun, 04:23 would you not? 04:24 Okay, that equals a year. 04:27 When looking at those same bodies, 04:29 how would you come up with a month? 04:31 You have the moon rotating around the earth, correct? 04:35 Okay, so that equals a month. How do you get a day? 04:39 A day is the earth rotating on its axis, right? 04:44 So it rotates 365 times 04:46 as it goes around the sun one time, that's a day. 04:49 Where do you come up with the orbiting bodies... 04:52 Where do you come up with a week? 04:55 You're thinking, wait a minute. 04:56 I haven't thought about that before. 04:58 I can't think of anything. Guess, why not? 05:02 Because there is nothing out there 05:04 that equals a week, seven day cycle, 05:07 or maybe there is but we don't know about it. 05:08 I don't know about it. 05:09 So what we do find though is the number seven, 05:13 the seven day weekly cycle that we see in our world 05:17 comes directly from Genesis 1 and 2. 05:20 Amen. 05:22 So when you go anywhere around the world, 05:24 and I've traveled to different places in this world, 05:25 when you go to those different places, 05:27 you realize that everybody's on a weekly cycle. 05:31 And you question, why? 05:34 The answer is because God is the establishing factor 05:39 in our seven day weekly cycle. 05:42 God is the author of the week. 05:44 God is the author of seven, from the very beginning, 05:47 from the onset of this earth. 05:49 And so therefore, in the Book of Revelation, 05:51 God is trying to establish Himself 05:53 as the Creator. 05:56 Amen, yes or no? Amen. 05:58 So you can look around and see the year, 05:59 you can see the month, you can see the day, 06:01 but where is the week? 06:02 From the Bible, and the Bible alone. 06:04 So if you look at the Holy Scripture, 06:05 you realize that God has established Himself 06:08 as the creator all the way from the Book of Genesis, 06:12 all the way through to the Book of Revelation. 06:14 God is Creator and we are His subjects. 06:16 And so that's why you find 12 different times 06:19 in the Book of Revelation 1 itself, the word seven. 06:23 God's trying to establish Himself. 06:24 So now we're gonna look at Revelation 1:9. 06:28 "I John, who also am your brother, 06:31 and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom 06:35 and patients of Jesus Christ, 06:36 was in the isle that is called Patmos, 06:39 for the word of God, 06:41 and for the testimony of Jesus Christ." 06:45 So John, on the Island of Patmos, 06:48 he is there as an outcast, 06:52 he has been sent there by rulers during that time 06:55 because he was being persecuted. 06:56 Persecuted why? Because he was a Christian. 07:00 He was a believer in the gospel. 07:01 In fact, it said right there in verse 9, 07:03 "For the word of God, 07:06 and for the testimony of Jesus Christ." 07:08 That is why he is on the Island of Patmos. 07:12 He's there for his faith. 07:14 And what happens, he's saying, I am your brother. 07:17 Not only in the faith, 07:19 but I'm a companion in tribulation. 07:22 We're going through this trial together. 07:24 There were people being killed for the fact that 07:26 they were Christian during this time. 07:29 You can just read in "Foxe's Book of Martyrs". 07:31 Anybody ever read "Foxe's Book of Martyrs" 07:33 or a portion of it? 07:34 I've read almost the entire book 07:36 'cause I was doing a series and I felt like 07:38 I could use that history. 07:40 So I read most of that book. 07:41 But I found on page 18 something if you go to 07:45 RevelationWithDaniel.com. 07:47 And then you find the Revelation messages, 07:50 you can see the notes are available right there. 07:52 You can download them for free as well. 07:54 But it says, "The beloved disciple," 07:57 on page 18, "was brother to James" 08:00 and he was the pastor if you will, 08:03 "of Smyrna, Pergamos, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea, 08:06 and Thyatira, they were founded by him. 08:08 From Ephesus he was ordered to be sent to Rome, 08:12 where it is affirmed that he was cast 08:15 into a cauldron of boiling oil." 08:19 John, this man that is writing, before he wrote, 08:23 was thrown into a cauldron of boiling oil, okay? 08:27 "He escaped by a miracle, without injury." 08:31 And so it says, "Domitian afterwards," 08:34 Domitian being one of the leaders, 08:36 "afterwards banished him to the Isle of Patmos," why? 08:39 Well, if you can't kill him, get him off your island, 08:42 or get him off your mainland, okay? 08:44 So he sent him away because he couldn't kill him 08:46 with boiling oil. 08:47 And it says there, "He banished him 08:49 to the Island of Patmos where he wrote 08:50 the Book of Revelation." 08:52 You see, John was probably about 96 years old or so 08:56 when he was finally captured and persecuted by Domitian. 09:00 But guess what, at that age, God wouldn't done with him yet. 09:05 My Bible teaches in the Proverbs, 09:06 the hoary head or the gray hair is a crown of glory 09:09 if it be found in the way of righteousness. 09:13 So no matter how old we are, 09:15 if we are surrendered to God 100%, 09:18 He can still call us out and use us 09:21 when the enemy is trying to do us harm. 09:22 Amen? Amen. 09:24 And so there it says, 09:26 "Nerva, the successor of Domitian recalled him. 09:29 He was the only of the apostles who escaped a violent death." 09:35 Isn't that amazing? 09:37 John the Revelator, 09:39 the only one who didn't die by human hand, 09:42 was the one at about 100 years old, 09:44 almost 100 years old 09:46 was able to write the Book of Revelation. 09:47 I find that fascinating. 09:49 Some people like to retire, but God is like, 09:51 "Guess what, John, you're not done yet." 09:54 I got a work for you that's gonna change the world. 09:58 It's fascinating. 10:00 So John, he was there as a persecuted brother, 10:04 as a companion in this kingdom and patience. 10:10 Guess how many times patience is used 10:12 in the King James Version. 10:16 It is written or and translated 10:19 seven times in the Book of Revelation. 10:22 Ain't that fascinating? 10:24 So blessed is used seven times, patience is used seven times, 10:30 but it's interesting we only have grace and peace 10:33 used twice each in the Revelation. 10:37 Remember, grace is used in chapter 1 and chapter 22, 10:40 it's because we have an umbrella of grace 10:42 all the way through the Book of Revelation. 10:44 We talked about that last time. 10:45 RevelationWithDaniel.com is where to find that video 10:48 if you missed it. 10:50 And so as we continue on in Revelation 1, 10:54 we're gonna jump down to verse 10. 10:57 "I was in the spirit on the Lord's day, 11:00 and I heard behind me a great voice, 11:02 as of a trumpet..." 11:05 And so John hears this trumpet sounding voice. 11:11 I like to imagine that it was one of those 11:12 ram horn trumpets, okay, like a shofar if you will. 11:19 I don't know how it sounded, but John said 11:21 it was like a trumpet. 11:23 And so it goes, I was in the spirit, in the spirit. 11:28 Now what do you mean in the spirit? 11:30 You can find this phrase 11:31 in different portions of the Bible. 11:33 But guess what? 11:34 It is used only four times in the Revelation. 11:38 And I will talk about it further 11:40 as we continue to study. 11:41 The second time it's used in chapter 4, 11:44 the third time it's used in chapter 17, 11:46 and the fourth time it's used is in chapter 21. 11:49 When we get to chapter 17 or 21ish, 11:52 somewhere around there, that's where 11:54 I'm gonna focus on that. 11:55 But right now we're just gonna know, 11:56 it only happens four times. 11:58 And guess what? 11:59 When John is in the spirit, he is not in the same place 12:04 that he was out of the spirit if you will, 12:06 he is taken to a different place 12:08 and a different time. 12:09 You can see that every time you look at the four places 12:11 in the Revelation where in the spirit is used. 12:14 You can see similarly in Ezekiel 3 as well. 12:18 But what's interesting about in the spirit here is John, 12:22 he's actually taken from the Island of Patmos 12:25 and he is brought to where Christ is, okay? 12:31 Because remember, in verse 4 it says, 12:33 this is a letter written to the seven churches 12:35 which are where? 12:37 In Asia, right? 12:39 Now, the seven churches, 12:41 were they on the Island of Patmos? 12:44 No, they weren't on the Island of Patmos, 12:46 they were over in Asia, okay, not far from where John was. 12:50 And it says that, he was there on the Lord's Day. 12:54 Now, there have been so many people 12:57 who have talked about the Lord's Day. 12:59 And I'm just gonna talk about it very briefly here. 13:01 We'll talk about it more in the future. 13:02 Some of these first mentions in the Book of Revelation 13:05 are something that's covered much more in detail 13:08 in the future as we study the Book of Revelation. 13:11 So the Lord's Day is a phrase translated only one time 13:14 in the Bible. 13:15 This is it. 13:17 The Lord's Day, that phrase, it's translated once, 13:20 right here you can see it. 13:21 So the other time the Lord's, L- O-R-D 13:26 or, yeah, L-O-R-D comma S. 13:29 There's only one other time that's used, 13:32 it's in 2 Corinthians... 13:35 I'm sorry, 1 Corinthians 11:20 13:37 where it says the Lord's Supper, okay? 13:40 There's the Lord's Day 13:42 and the Lord's Supper, that's it. 13:43 There's no more times, Lord's is used or Lord's Day. 13:47 So we can though find out what day was claimed 13:51 by the Lord Jesus Christ because He says Himself, 13:54 I'll ready it to you, in Mark 2:27 and 28, 13:58 "He said unto his disciples, the Sabbath was made for man, 14:02 and not man for the Sabbath. 14:04 Therefore the Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath." 14:09 And so the Lord's Day is the Sabbath, 14:12 that's the only way biblically we can come to a conclusion 14:16 of what the Lord's Day is, by his own words 14:20 right there in Mark 2:27 and 28. 14:24 So like I said, if you're interested in the future, 14:26 I will be covering this in greater detail 14:28 in the next presentations. 14:32 Notice verse 11 in Revelation 1. 14:35 So he speaks with his voice of a trumpet, verse 11, 14:38 "Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: 14:45 What thou seest, write in a book, 14:48 and send it unto the seven churches 14:49 which are in Asia, unto Ephesus, 14:53 and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, 14:55 and unto Thyatira, unto Sardis, 14:57 unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea." 15:01 So there we have seen Christ, He actually tells John 15:05 to write the things that he is speaking. 15:07 Now why do I say it's Christ? 15:09 Well, for two reasons, 15:11 the Bible says I am Alpha and Omega. 15:14 In 22:13, Jesus again says, He is Alpha and Omega, 15:20 the root and the offspring of David. 15:21 We know who the root is 15:23 according to the Book of Romans. 15:25 We know also who the offspring of David is. 15:28 It's Jesus Christ, that's why so many times in the gospels, 15:30 Son of David like Bartimaeus said. 15:33 Son of David, have mercy on me, remember that? 15:35 Son of David, root of Jesse, this is Jesus. 15:39 And so the Bible says, the Alpha and the Omega, 15:41 the beginning and the end, the first and the last 15:43 that is in Revelation 22:13, Christ, you see? 15:48 So right here it says, I am Alpha and Omega, 15:51 the first and the last. 15:53 Now it actually talks about who the first and the last is 15:57 in chapter 2 and 3 as well in the seven churches. 16:00 And guess what? It's Jesus. 16:03 So that's why last time when I concluded in verse 8 16:07 where it says, "I am Alpha and Omega, 16:10 the beginning and the end, saith the Lord, 16:12 which is, and which was, and which is to come, 16:13 the Almighty." 16:15 When I said that was Jesus, 16:18 I can verify that by verse 11 16:21 and other verses also in the Revelation. 16:23 Do this study on your own, you'll find out 16:25 it's the same thing. 16:26 So not only is God the Father in verse 4 16:29 called the one who is, and was, and is to come, 16:33 but Jesus also in verse 8 is called the one 16:35 who is, and was, and is to come. 16:38 It's fascinating. They have the same name, why? 16:40 Because they're both God, you can read that 16:42 in John 1:1 through 3. 16:44 So what's amazing as we continue is 16:48 John hears this voice, it sounded like a trumpet. 16:52 It told him to write the things that you see 16:57 and send them on to the seven churches. 16:59 So basically, God gave John a job. 17:01 He said, I want you to be a media creator, 17:03 I want you to write out a book, and I want you to publish it, 17:06 send it to all the seven churches. 17:08 So now John is into publishing. 17:11 That's why I'm interested in creating media 17:13 to send to the world is because John did a long time ago 17:16 with the Book of Revelation, now I want to do the same thing 17:18 and spread it to the world, amen? 17:20 Amen. 17:21 So now what we're doing is we're seeing that 17:23 John has a message to write in a book 17:27 what he has seen 17:29 and then what happens in verse 12 is fascinating. 17:31 It says, "I turned to see the voice that spake with me. 17:35 And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks." 17:39 Now Jesus speaks to John 17:44 as it were with the voice of a trumpet. 17:47 John hears him say something. 17:50 What you see, write, send it to the seven churches. 17:53 The Bible said right there in verse 12, 17:55 "And I turned to see the voice..." 18:00 He didn't turn to see the person, 18:03 he turned to see the voice. 18:05 How do you see a voice? 18:10 It's when the voice, the word has become flesh. 18:17 The word according to John 1, 18:21 the word was God, the word was God. 18:25 The word was with God, sorry. 18:27 And by that same word, 18:29 God created all things that were made. 18:32 He jumped down to verse 14 in John 1 18:35 that word became flesh and dwelt among us. 18:39 John had spent three and a half years 18:40 walking with Jesus. 18:42 And so after Christ had ascended, 18:44 and when He came back to John after many years had passed, 18:47 John remembers 90 something years old, 18:50 John turns around to hear a familiar voice 18:53 that sounds like a trumpet, but he looked for the voice, 18:58 the word that it had been spoken to him 19:01 because I think he could recognize 19:03 the voice of his Savior. 19:06 So he turns around to hear the, see the voice 19:08 rather than speak with him. 19:09 Being turned, he saw how many golden candlesticks? 19:13 Seven. 19:14 He saw seven golden candlesticks. 19:18 Now there's another use of the word seven, 19:19 remember there are twelve of them 19:21 in chapter 1 of the Revelation. 19:23 Now these golden candlesticks, what does that remind you of? 19:28 That reminds me of the sanctuary. 19:31 In fact, in Exodus, we're gonna turn there, 19:33 chapter 25, and we're gonna be looking at 31 and onward. 19:37 Exodus 25, I'm gonna turn there quickly 19:41 and see if you can beat me. 19:43 Exodus 25, we're gonna talk about 19:45 the candlesticks for a second. 19:47 Verse 31, "Thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold," 19:52 God says to Moses, "of beaten work 19:55 shall the candlestick be made, his shaft, and his branches, 19:59 his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, 20:02 shall be of the same." 20:04 Verse 32, "And six branches shall come 20:07 out of the sides of it. 20:09 Three branches of the candlestick 20:11 out of the one side, 20:12 and three branches of the candlestick 20:15 out of the other side." 20:16 So notice, you have a shaft 20:20 with three branches on one side 20:22 and three branches on the other, 20:24 how many does that make? 20:25 Three plus three is six 20:26 with a shaft in the middle, seven. 20:28 It's a seven branched golden candlestick. 20:31 And so when John in the Revelation 1, 20:34 and looking at verse 12, 20:36 when he turns around to see the voice 20:39 and he sees seven golden candlesticks. 20:44 What he's looking at is his savior 20:48 in the midst of the sanctuary, okay? 20:52 Now what's more fascinating than that is that 20:55 the candlesticks represent something, 20:57 let's jump down real quick to verse 20. 20:59 Revelation 1:20, it says, "The mystery of the seven stars 21:03 which you saw in my right hand, and the," notice, 21:07 "seven golden candlesticks. 21:09 The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches," 21:13 and notice, "the seven candlesticks 21:16 which you saw are the seven churches." 21:20 And so when John was told to write to the seven churches 21:24 which are in Asia, there were listed, 21:26 all seven churches, 21:27 and then John turns to see that voice 21:30 that spoke with him, the word become flesh, 21:32 he sees Jesus, and he's standing 21:35 in the midst of the churches 21:38 because the candlesticks represent the churches. 21:41 And so what John did was, he was taken in the spirit 21:46 to where Jesus was in the midst of 21:49 those seven churches that John on the Island of Patmos 21:52 at almost 100 years old 21:53 was supposed to write a letter to. 21:54 You see? 21:57 So John in the spirit was taken to where Christ was 22:00 which he was in the spirit, I'm sorry, 22:02 in the midst of the churches. 22:04 And then notice in verse 13, 22:07 "In the midst of the seven candlesticks 22:10 one like unto the Son of man, 22:14 clothed with the garment down to the foot, 22:16 and girt about the paps with a golden girdle." 22:20 Now, I want to look for a moment 22:23 at Exodus 28 22:27 if you want to turn there with me. 22:30 Exodus 28:39, the Bible says, 22:33 talking to Moses about the priests. 22:36 "Thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, 22:41 and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, 22:44 and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework." 22:48 Now wait a minute, Christ is pictured there 22:51 in a garment down to the foot 22:54 surrounded with a golden girdle, 22:56 and here we just read about the priests 22:58 being told to make garments that were fine linen 23:03 with a girdle of needlework, you see? 23:06 Notice what it says in the next... 23:08 Well, I won't read verse 40, 23:09 we can just stick with verse 39. 23:11 But what we're seeing there 23:13 is the priests of the Old Testament 23:15 were garbed in a white garment 23:18 and they had a girdle of needlework around them. 23:21 What we see in Revelation 1 is Christ is garbed 23:25 in fine linen with a golden girdle around him. 23:29 So Christ is actually dressed as a priest. 23:33 If you look there in Exodus 28, 23:35 and you continue reading just above it 23:37 what we just read in verse 39. 23:38 If you read just above that, you're gonna see that 23:42 we're told the priests had on a turban. 23:47 They had a turban on their head, 23:49 and a block of gold that was etched 23:52 with something on the forehead. 23:54 Did you notice what it said? Holiness unto the Lord, okay? 24:01 I wonder if Christ didn't also have 24:02 one of those in the Book of Revelation, 24:04 we just don't read about it. 24:05 We can see in the Old Testament 24:06 that it was that way but not here. 24:09 Now, I want to turn to Zechariah 24:13 if you can find that... 24:14 Zechariah actually portrays Joshua the High Priest. 24:18 And Joshua is pictured as interacting with the Lord 24:25 and the devil at the same time. 24:28 Zechariah 3:1, "He showed me Joshua the high priest, 24:35 he was standing before the angel of the LORD, 24:37 and Satan was standing at his right hand 24:39 to resist him. 24:41 And the LORD said unto Satan, the LORD rebuke thee, O Satan, 24:46 even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem 24:48 rebuke thee: is not this Joshua 24:51 a brand plucked out of the fire? 24:54 Now, Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, 24:58 and stood before the angel. 25:01 He answered and spoke unto those 25:03 that stood before him, saying, 25:04 Take away the filthy garments from Joshua. 25:07 And unto him he said, Behold, 25:10 I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, 25:13 and I will clothe thee with the change of raiment. 25:17 And I said, Let them set a," what? 25:19 "A fair mitre upon his head. 25:22 So they set a fair mitre upon his head, 25:24 and clothed him with garments. 25:26 And the angel of the LORD stood by." 25:29 Verse 6 and 7, 25:30 "The angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying, 25:33 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, if you wilt walk in my ways, 25:38 and if you will keep my charge, 25:40 then you will also judge my house, 25:43 and shalt also keep my courts, 25:46 and I will give thee places to walk 25:48 among these that stand by." 25:52 I think that is a fascinating section 25:53 of scripture. 25:55 It shows that the high priest on the earth 25:58 was clothed in filthy garments. 26:00 Those garments were taken away from him, 26:02 and he was clothed with new garments. 26:05 That would be the garment of Christ's righteousness, amen. 26:09 Christ here in Revelation 1 is clothed already 26:13 in the garment of his righteousness, 26:15 and he too just like Joshua and in the Old Testament 26:18 had a mitre upon his head. 26:19 And the reason why I know that, 26:21 notice what it says there in verse 14. 26:26 The Bible says, his head and his hairs 26:30 were white like what? 26:32 Like wool. His head and his hairs. 26:37 Okay, imagine having a turban on your head and a white hair, 26:41 okay, there's a differentiation between 26:43 the head and the hairs. 26:44 And I wonder if that's the mitre 26:46 that's being referred to. 26:47 Okay, now jump back to verse 13 26:49 because we're not done with that yet. 26:51 He was clothed with a garment down to the foot. 26:54 I think we can take a hinted suggestion 27:01 to how our Lord was dressed. 27:03 Amen. 27:04 He was clothed down to the foot. 27:07 I think we can suggest that 27:09 Christ is wearing modest clothing. 27:12 Amen. 27:14 So take that as far as you want to go, 27:16 but I just thought it would be a good thing 27:18 to mention it because sometimes we as men and women 27:21 are not as modest in our dress as we could be 27:23 but the Lord here is our example. 27:25 He was gird about with a golden girdle. 27:28 And we know that gold is a beautiful color, 27:31 we'll focus on later as we continue to study. 27:35 Verse 14, "His head and his hairs 27:39 were white like wool, as white as snow..." 27:44 When it says his hairs and his head 27:45 were white like wool, 27:48 what do you think wool comes from? 27:52 Sheep. Sheep, right? 27:54 Do sheep have anything to do with the sanctuary service 27:57 that we talked about before? 27:59 Absolutely, so, so far we have candlesticks, 28:03 we have Christ dressed in high priestly garments. 28:07 We have the turban which I think is on his head, 28:10 well, which would be part of those garments, 28:12 but we also have wool like the lamb. 28:14 Okay, we have a lot of sanctuary language here, 28:16 don't we? 28:17 So notice what it says in the... 28:19 I'll just complete verse 14. 28:21 "His head and his hair were white like wool, 28:23 as white as snow, 28:25 his eyes were as a flame of fire." 28:28 So is there any time that the word fire 28:32 or the idea of fire is used 28:34 in the Old Testament sanctuary service? 28:37 Yeah, absolutely. 28:39 In the outer court, correct, 28:41 when they have the altar of sacrifice. 28:44 But there's also that same fire that's used 28:48 in the altar of incense, in the holy place. 28:51 I don't know that fire was ever used 28:53 in the most holy place, 28:55 although fire from the incense altar 28:57 was used during the Day of Atonement 28:58 which was in the most holy place. 29:00 So you can say that fire was used 29:02 in all three phases of the sanctuary service. 29:05 But I wanted to notice something, 29:08 when the Bible talks about wool, 29:10 it talks about, that refers to lambs. 29:13 But it talks about white like wool, 29:16 and white as snow, 29:18 that brings my mind to a verse in Isaiah 1:18. 29:23 "Come now, let us reason together, 29:25 saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, 29:29 they shall be white as snow, 29:32 though they be red like crimson, 29:34 they shall be as wool." 29:37 Right? 29:38 So snow and wool are referred to in Isaiah 1:18 29:44 where it directly equates the cleansing of sin 29:49 with the white as snow and the white as wool. 29:51 So here when we see Christ's head and his hairs 29:55 as white as wool and as white as snow, 29:59 we can say that He has the ability 30:01 to forgive sin because of His whiteness. 30:04 Not only the white hair, but of course 30:06 the white garments as the high priest 30:08 in the golden girdle about Him. 30:09 We're talking about cleansing and forgiveness of sin. 30:15 Now regarding the fire, 30:18 I want you to turn to Exodus 28:14. 30:23 With me Exodus 28:14, 30:25 we're gonna look at what fire is used for. 30:28 The Bible says in verse 14, you know, 30:31 I think I may have written down the wrong one. 30:32 Oh, I'm sorry, I'm reading the wrong chapter. 30:34 Verse 14 of chapter 29, "The flesh of the bullock, 30:38 and of his skin, and his dung, 30:40 thou shalt burn with fire without the camp. 30:44 It is a sin offering." 30:47 So the flesh and the dung and the skin of the animals 30:51 were to be burned with fire, okay? 30:55 There was a purification of that 30:57 which was revolving around sin. 31:01 Now jump to Psalms 12, and then we're gonna see 31:06 that fire can be used for something very interesting 31:11 as an illustration here. 31:13 Psalms 12:6, 31:17 "The words of the LORD are pure words, 31:21 as silver tried in a furnace of earth, 31:25 purified seven times." 31:28 So the words of the Lord are pure 31:31 according to Psalms 12:6. 31:35 The words are as pure as though they had been purified 31:39 with fire in the furnace of the earth. 31:42 And of course, seven times means perfectly. 31:46 So when we're looking at the fire 31:47 in Revelation 1:14, 31:53 we're looking at purification, 31:56 His eyes were as a flame of fire. 31:59 So my Bible teaches me that when we come to Christ, 32:04 not only are we in the midst of His church, 32:08 we are His church, and He's in the midst of us, 32:10 I should have said it that way. 32:12 We also can be blessed with His ministry 32:15 as high priest. 32:17 We also can partake of the forgiveness of sin 32:20 with the wool and the snow. 32:23 We also can receive the gift of perfect sight, 32:28 not only as a gift to us. 32:30 But have you ever needed somebody to know 32:32 exactly what happened? 32:35 Did you ever needed to come to somebody 32:36 who just understood? 32:39 Christ can see what he did. 32:41 Christ knows what she said or what she imagined or felt. 32:45 He understands the opposing view 32:47 and your view, He knows completely. 32:49 If you've ever needed a counselor, 32:51 my Bible teaches that Jesus Christ is that counselor. 32:55 You can read it in Revelation 3. 32:58 And so as we continue on in verse 15, it says, 33:04 "And his feet were like unto fine brass, 33:07 as if they burned in a furnace, 33:10 and his voice as the sound of many waters." 33:14 So now feet like fine brass. 33:18 I want to comment on that for a second. 33:21 Why feet like brass? 33:25 Well, all of the furniture in the outer court 33:30 was made of what material? 33:32 It was made of brass. 33:34 I want you to understand this now. 33:36 Brass was used in the outer court, 33:38 gold was used in the other courts, 33:41 which was the holy place 33:43 and the most holy place, but why? 33:46 What's the deal with brass or bronze? 33:49 Well, the outer court of the earthly sanctuary 33:53 was decorated with this beautiful metal brass 33:59 because brass is an alloy. 34:02 What is an alloy? 34:04 An alloy is a mixture of two materials, okay. 34:09 So brass is an alloy. 34:11 "It's a metal made by combining two or more metallic elements," 34:17 that's from the Apple Dictionary 34:19 under the word "alloy". 34:21 It is "A yellow alloy of copper and zinc," 34:26 of copper and zinc, 34:27 so bronze is two, copper and zinc. 34:32 It is... That's what defines brass. 34:34 One, according to Bible Dictionary I read 34:38 is a baser metal, the other is a finer metal, okay. 34:44 So the copper is a baser metal, the zinc is a finer metal, 34:48 so the baser and the finer are combined together 34:51 to equal one. 34:53 And then the application that we can make 34:59 with why the feet are like fine brass, 35:03 is not only because Christ as the lambslain 35:07 from the foundation of the earth 35:09 stood upon that brazen altar 35:12 to be received as a sacrifice. 35:16 He also was an alloy. 35:19 So not only did He stand on the bronze altar, 35:21 He had feet like they were brazen 35:24 because He, Jesus was an alloy. 35:26 Did He not have a baser nature and a finer nature? 35:31 Was He not made out of 100% human and 100% God? 35:36 Was He not an alloy that was brought together? 35:40 This is Jesus Christ, that's why He had the feet 35:43 as though they were brazen, okay. 35:46 So what we can see there in the verse that we read, 35:49 verse 15, "His feet were like fine brass." 35:53 Well, if you look at the Bible and you can see, 35:56 there are lots of places where brass is referred to. 36:00 And Exodus 30:18, 36:03 I'll just read a few of these to you. 36:05 "Thou shalt make a laver," which is in the outer court, 36:08 "of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: 36:13 and thou shalt put in between 36:14 the tabernacle of the congregation 36:16 and the altar," put it there, 36:17 "and thou shalt put water therein." 36:20 So the brazen altar was outside, it was a laver. 36:26 There was a brazen altar of sacrifice 36:27 and the brazen laver, 36:29 they were out in the outer court. 36:31 Could it be meaning in Revelation 1:15 36:33 that Christ not only is the sacrifice 36:36 that was on the brazen altar, but He also represents 36:41 the laver that will wash us clean of our sin, absolutely. 36:46 If you've met Jesus, you've met somebody 36:48 who is not only willing but He's also able 36:51 to transform your character to make you like He is. 36:55 Amen. 36:57 What about Ezekiel 1:7, 37:00 talking about the cherubim and seraphim there, 37:03 "Their feet were straight feet, and the sole of their feet 37:07 was like the sole of a calf's foot: 37:10 and they sparkled like the color of burnished brass." 37:13 So it's talking about their feet, 37:15 and then they sparkled like colored brass. 37:18 What about Daniel 7:19, 37:21 talking about the antichrist, the fourth beast. 37:25 He says, "I want to know the truth 37:26 about this fourth beast, 37:28 which was different from all the others, 37:30 exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, 37:34 and his nails of brass, which devoured, 37:38 brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet." 37:42 Now notice something there. 37:45 His teeth were of iron, and his nails were of brass, 37:51 and then he stamped all with the residue of his feet. 37:55 This was a beast. 37:57 He didn't have arms like we do, and he didn't have fingernails, 37:59 he had feet. 38:00 So when he stamped, these other creatures 38:03 with their feet, he had the brazen nails 38:06 they were on his feet, 38:07 so he had feet of brass if you will. 38:09 Daniel 10:9, I'm sorry, verse 6, 38:13 talking about Christ. 38:15 Now notice what's interesting about this. 38:17 "His body was like the beryl, 38:20 and his face as the appearance of lightning, 38:23 and his eyes as lamps of fire, 38:25 and his arms as the feet like in color 38:28 too polished brass, and the voice of his words 38:32 like the voice of a multitude." 38:34 Jesus is actually pictured in Daniel 10 38:39 very similarly as he is in Revelation 1. 38:46 And we can see, later, we'll look at this more 38:49 when we get into Daniel 10, I'm sorry Revelation 10. 38:53 We can see that there's a correlation 38:55 between the Book of Daniel and the Book of Revelation. 38:59 Jesus is pictured the same way in Daniel 10 39:03 as he's pictured in Revelation 1, 39:06 because John wanted you to know 39:09 that he's correlating this book with the sister or brother book 39:14 to Revelation called Daniel, okay. 39:17 I guess because Daniel is a male name, 39:19 Daniel would be the brother book, 39:21 maybe I'm just saying. 39:23 So he says there in verse 15, 39:28 "Not only was this feat like fine brass, 39:31 as if they burned in a furnace" which we know. 39:34 There was a furnace in the Old Testament. 39:38 The furnace that contained three young men. 39:42 Those three men were named Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. 39:49 And I remember that that furnace contained 39:53 those three young men 39:55 and one other person, who was that? 39:58 The Son of God, Jesus Christ. 40:01 And could you guess why his feet were burned 40:05 as though they were burned in a furnace, 40:07 because he had been with Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah 40:12 with those three young Hebrews in the furnace himself. 40:17 I love it. 40:19 Also, if you turn to Amos 9, 40:22 I'll go there quickly and I'll read it. 40:24 But Amos has an interesting verse. 40:27 Amos 9:1, "I saw the Lord 40:32 standing upon the altar, and he said, 40:36 Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake, 40:40 and cut them in the head, all of them. 40:42 And I will slay the last of them with the sword, 40:45 he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, 40:48 and he did escapeth of them shall not be delivered." 40:52 So what's interesting here is the Lord is standing 40:55 up on the altar. 40:57 There are some translations which will say 40:59 the Lord is standing beside the altar. 41:02 But you can look at the literal translations, 41:06 and a lot of them say up on the altar. 41:09 I like to think in Amos 9 that the Lord 41:12 is actually standing on the brazen altar. 41:16 And if He's standing on the brazen altar, 41:19 it would make sense that He has brazen feet 41:22 as though they are burned in a furnace 41:24 in Revelation 1:15. 41:27 Would it not? Amen. 41:29 So it says in verse 15, 41:32 his voice was as the sound of many waters. 41:35 Again, was there water used in the Old Testament 41:37 sanctuary service? 41:39 We read about it earlier in the laver, right? 41:41 But when he speaks, it says the sound of many waters. 41:46 Think about this for a second. 41:47 You ever been to the ocean? 41:50 I just had the pleasure 41:51 of being on a vacation with my family. 41:52 We were driving up along the one highway 41:55 on the west coast of California. 41:57 And on the one, we're going through Big Sur. 42:01 What a beautiful place. 42:03 There was so many times I wanted to stop, 42:05 in fact, I did, my family was so merciful, 42:07 they allowed me to stop and get out of the car. 42:09 Take video, and listen to the sounds 42:11 and just hear the amazing power of the ocean. 42:14 But as you're standing up on those cliffs, 42:16 you're looking down, you're seeing 42:18 the vast ocean before you, 42:20 you're seeing those waves come rolling in 42:21 and crashing against those beautiful rocks. 42:25 And you're thinking the voice of the almighty sounds 42:29 like the voice of many waters. 42:32 You can go through Old Testament scripture 42:34 after scripture in the Psalms, and in so many other places 42:37 where the Holy Bible talks about the voice of God 42:40 sounding like many waters. 42:45 And if you were to stand or stood next to the ocean, 42:48 and you've seen the power, and you've heard the sound 42:51 of those waves and the wind, you realize 42:53 God must be big. 42:59 So here when it says in verse 15, 43:01 he had the voice as the sound of many waters. 43:04 We again are referred to the waters of the sanctuary 43:08 in the Old Testament. 43:09 Now it says there in verse 16. 43:13 "He had in his right hand seven stars: 43:16 out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: 43:19 and his countenance was as the sun 43:21 shining in his strength." 43:22 In his right hand were seven stars, 43:25 I'm telling you, there is way too much 43:27 to cover in this section. 43:30 There is more in the notes that I will not be able to go to 43:34 or go through today, 43:35 so feel free to go through the notes 43:37 and you will find more there. 43:39 But when it talks about holding the seven stars 43:42 in His right hand, not only is it his right hand, 43:46 but it's seven stars in His right hand. 43:49 I won't go through all the verses 43:50 that talk about God's salvation 43:52 in His right hand, His power in his right hand, 43:56 His strength in his right hand, I will uphold you 43:59 with the right hand of My righteousness. 44:01 God's right hand is powerful to save. 44:06 So not only is that it is in right hand, 44:08 he's holding seven stars in his right hand. 44:10 Have you ever thought about why the Bible teaches 44:12 about seven stars, what is this? 44:15 Well, notice, there are some verses, 44:18 I'll just read them to you. 44:19 Job 8 and verses... 44:22 I'm sorry, Job 9:8 through 9, 44:26 talking about God, "Which alone spreads out the heavens, 44:30 and treads upon the waves of the sea. 44:32 Which makes Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, 44:38 and the chambers of the south." 44:41 Anybody know what the Pleiades is? 44:45 It's a constellation made up of how many stars? 44:48 Made up of seven stars. 44:51 You can look in the Hebrew, in the Book of Job 44:54 and find out that the Hebrew lettering 44:55 will give you the definition that this is referring to 44:58 the Seven Stars Constellation. 45:02 So in Job 38:31, 45:05 God asked Job the question, 45:09 "Can you bind the sweet influences 45:11 of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?" 45:16 Again, he refers to the Pleiades, 45:17 the seven stars. 45:19 In Amos 5:8, 45:22 "Seek him that makes the seven stars and Orion, 45:26 and turns the shadow of death into the morning, 45:29 and makes the day dark with night, 45:30 and calls for the waters of the sea, 45:32 and pours them out upon the face of the earth. 45:34 The Lord is his name." 45:38 So the seven stars are referred to three times 45:41 in the Book of Revelation. 45:42 We're gonna look just now at this one, 45:44 but you can see that the constellation 45:47 of the seven stars is referred to in the Bible. 45:50 But also, we see that these seven stars 45:52 are in the right hand of Christ. 45:55 What that saying is God is big enough 45:57 to hold the universe in his hand, okay. 46:00 But not only that, but the seven stars 46:02 as we read earlier in Revelation 1:20 46:06 are the seven messengers to the seven churches, okay. 46:11 The messengers, the word "messenger" 46:14 can be translated as angel, to the angels, 46:16 or messengers to the seven churches. 46:19 The messengers to the seven churches 46:21 are the one that give the message, the pastors, 46:24 the speakers, the elders, the bishops 46:25 that are in the churches. 46:27 Those are the ones that God is saying, is holding, 46:29 He is holding in His right hand. 46:31 He has the speakers that are willing to speak truth 46:35 in His hand for the purpose of spreading the truth 46:40 because by the truth we are transformed. 46:44 We can see that in Corinthians. 46:46 We can also know that in John 17:17, Jesus says, 46:50 sanctify My disciples by Your truth. 46:54 Oh, Father, Your word is truth. 46:58 Do you think it's important that Christ's messengers 47:01 speak truth? 47:02 Yes. Absolutely. 47:04 And so that's why Christ is pictured as all, or seven, 47:07 the complete number of the messengers 47:10 are in His right hand of power. 47:13 That verses is big, that verse is huge, 47:16 don't pass by it thinking you understand it. 47:18 I keep and we'll keep studying this verse. 47:21 So he had in His right hand seven stars, 47:23 and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword. 47:27 Now the twoedged sword, we know one verse 47:30 that we commonly refer to but let's see 47:33 a couple of other verses that refer 47:34 to the twoedged sword. 47:36 First, Psalm 149:5 through 6, 47:41 "Let the saints be joyful in glory, 47:44 let them sing aloud upon their beds. 47:47 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, 47:51 and a twoedged sword in their hand." 47:55 Wait a minute, whoa! 47:56 Let him glory, be joyful, sing upon your bed, 48:01 sing high praises come out of their mouths, 48:04 and then a twoedged sharp sword in their hand? 48:07 That sounds little weird, doesn't it? 48:10 Jump down to Proverbs 5:3 through 4, 48:14 "The lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, 48:17 and her mouth is smoother than oil. 48:19 But her end is bitter as wormwood, 48:22 sharp as a twoedged sword." 48:26 So you can either have praise 48:27 with a twoedged sword in your hand, 48:29 or you can be a deceitful woman 48:31 with a twoedged sword 48:32 coming out of your mouth if you will. 48:34 The words are like a twoedged sword. 48:37 Hebrews 4:12, the Bible says, 48:41 "For the word of the Lord is quick, and powerful, 48:44 sharper than any twoedged sword, 48:47 piercing even to dividing asunder of soul and spirit, 48:52 and of the joints and marrow, 48:54 it is a discerner of the thoughts 48:56 and the intents of the heart." 48:58 The Bible says in the Book of Revelation, 49:01 that Christ will come and smite the nations with the earth, 49:05 smite the nations with a rod of iron, 49:07 and he will have a sword coming forth 49:09 out of his mouth referring to, 49:12 not the deceitful woman's words, 49:15 but the high praise, and also the words of the Lord. 49:19 You see, God is gonna have that powerful word 49:21 coming out of His mouth. 49:23 So here in the Revelation 1:16, when it talks about the word 49:28 or rather the sharp twoedged sword 49:29 coming out of His mouth, 49:31 it's referring to the high praise of His Father 49:34 that we can read about while He was on the earth, 49:36 but also the Word of the Lord. 49:39 The Bible says His countenance was as the sun 49:42 shining in its strength. 49:44 The sun shining upon God's people 49:48 all through the Old Testament has been something 49:52 that has been coveted, something requested, 49:54 required for the blessing of God. 49:57 Notice, one of the praises, one of the priestly praises 50:00 of the Old Testament in Numbers 6:24 through 26, 50:04 "The LORD bless thee, and keep thee. 50:07 The LORD make his face shine upon thee, 50:09 and be gracious unto thee. 50:11 The LORD lift up His countenance upon thee, 50:13 and give thee peace." 50:15 See, the Lord's countenance being lifted up upon somebody 50:18 was the prayer of the priests upon God's people. 50:21 So here when it says that His countenance was as the sun 50:23 shining in its strength, where does the sun not shine? 50:28 The sun is powerful, is it not? 50:31 In Psalm 46, I'm sorry, Psalm 4:6, 50:35 "There be many that say, who will show us any good? 50:39 LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us." 50:45 So when you're feeling low, you need the light 50:48 of the countenance of the Lord upon you. 50:50 And so we can see here in Revelation 1, 50:52 God's countenance is upon His people. 50:55 Now, I wonder, was there a shining of God's countenance 50:59 in the Old Testament sanctuary, yes or no? 51:03 In the most holy place, there was the Shekinah glory, 51:07 the glory of God. 51:09 Psalm 80:1 talks about the shining glory 51:12 being between the two cherubim, 51:14 shining forth the glories of the Lord. 51:17 Now, I would like to take a moment 51:20 to just get a big picture of the Revelation. 51:24 We've looked at some of the details, 51:25 and we've seen all the characteristics 51:27 that are mentioned here of Christ 51:29 as being those relative 51:31 directly to the sanctuary, okay. 51:35 But what this is doing in Revelation 1, 51:39 it's showing you a picture of Christ 51:42 which is preparatory to seven churches, okay. 51:46 Because what comes after chapter 1, 51:49 the seven churches of chapter 2 and 3, right? 51:52 So we have a picture of Christ that we just looked at 51:54 and then seven churches. 51:56 Now, the next section after the seven churches 52:00 is a picture of Christ in chapter 4 and 5 52:03 and then seven seals. 52:06 After the seals, you have a picture of Christ 52:09 in chapter 8 and in seven trumpets. 52:13 That takes you all the way to the end of chapter 11. 52:17 So we've just seen the Book of Revelation 52:19 in pretty good detail in chapter 1. 52:21 We haven't covered all the details, 52:23 but what we really know is this is a picture of Jesus, 52:27 preparatory to seven churches. 52:29 Followed by another picture of Jesus 52:32 going before the seven seals. 52:36 Followed by the picture of Jesus 52:38 which is going before the seven trumpets. 52:41 So picture of Jesus, seven churches, 52:44 picture of Jesus, seven seals, 52:47 picture of Jesus, seven trumpets, 52:49 that's the first half of the Book of Revelation, okay. 52:53 If you haven't seen it before, that to you 52:56 is probably gonna be a Revelation of like, wow, 52:58 I think I see the first half of the Book of Revelation 53:01 kind of in a pictorial or in a pattern, 53:04 okay, a pictorial sense of a pattern. 53:06 That's what it is. 53:07 It's trying to illustrate something. 53:09 It's trying to illustrate that Christ is the one ministering 53:13 during the time of the seven churches, 53:15 Christ is the one ministering 53:16 during the time of the seven seals, 53:18 Christ is the one ministering 53:19 during the time of the seven trumpets, okay. 53:22 And we're gonna see more fully as we continue 53:25 when we study the churches next time, 53:28 but we'll continue on with chapter 4 and 5 53:31 the next time. 53:33 So now go back to Revelation 1, 53:36 I'm gonna have to cover this stuff really quickly. 53:38 I'm on a time limit here. 53:40 Verse 1, 17, or chapter 1, verse 17, 53:44 "When I saw him," 53:46 so all these characteristics that we're just mentioned 53:48 between verses 12 and 16, "When I saw him..." 53:52 First, I was looking for the voice, but then 53:54 "When I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead." 54:01 John had turned around to see the voice. 54:05 He recognizes it's Jesus, and I wonder 54:08 if he became weak and just passed out. 54:12 He fell to the earth as though he were dead, 54:15 he was seeing his friend Jesus again. 54:22 So it says in verse 17, "When I saw him, 54:24 I fell at his feet as dead. 54:26 And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, 54:30 Fear not, I, Jesus Christ, 54:34 I am the first and the last." 54:37 Just what we read about in verse 11, 54:39 I am Alpha and Omega, 54:41 the first and the last Jesus is being referred to. 54:44 And that same Alpha and Omega is in verse 8, 54:47 the beginning and the ending which the one that was is, 54:50 and the one that was, and the one 54:52 that is to come, the Almighty. 54:55 So again, Christ and the Father can be named the one that is, 54:58 and was, and is to come, the Alpha and the Omega, 55:02 the first and last, the beginning and the end. 55:04 So here he says, I'm the first and the last. 55:07 Verse 18, it says, "I am he that lives, 55:11 and was dead, and, behold, I am alive for evermore," 55:15 it says in the middle of verse 18, 55:19 "Amen, I have the keys of hell and of death." 55:24 Now I want to share something with you real quick. 55:28 It says in verse 18, I am he that lives 55:31 and was dead, I am alive for evermore. 55:36 I have the keys of hell and of death. 55:39 Notice what it's talking about here 55:42 is the death and the resurrection of Christ 55:46 in several different ways, is it not? 55:50 So what's interesting about this chapter is 55:53 it's talking about the death, burial, and resurrection, 55:58 more in chapter 1 than any other chapter 56:02 in the Book of Revelation. 56:04 Revelation 1 talks about the death, burial, 56:07 and resurrection more than any other chapter 56:11 in the Book of Revelation. 56:13 And why? 56:14 I want to read you something from the notes here. 56:16 The death, burial, resurrection of Jesus Christ 56:18 is found in chapter 1 more than any other chapter 56:21 in the Revelation. 56:22 Notice in verse 5, he was the first begotten of the dead. 56:25 In verse 5 again, He washed us from our sin in His own blood, 56:29 that would refer to his death. 56:31 In verse 7, they also which pierced Him. 56:34 In verse 14, He was white like wool, 56:38 wool being from a lamb or a sheep, 56:40 or a goat if you will. 56:42 His feet were like unto fine brass, 56:44 and we know that in Amos 9:1, 56:46 He was standing on the brazen altar 56:49 which was the altar of sacrifice. 56:51 And then of course, verse 18 talks about 56:53 I am the one that lives and was dead. 56:57 I am alive for evermore, I have the keys of death 57:01 or the grave, and hell, okay. 57:03 Or the hell which is the grave and death, 57:06 that's what I should have said. 57:09 So what's interesting about Revelation 1, 57:11 it covers the death, burial, and resurrection 57:13 more than any other chapter, why? 57:16 Here's why real quick. 57:19 Because the Revelation of Jesus Christ 57:22 is laid out in such a way that it actually covers 57:27 the entire ceremonial feast system 57:32 chronologically, okay. 57:34 There are seven feasts in the Old Testament. 57:37 You can read all about them in Leviticus 23. 57:41 There's the Passover, The Feast of Unleavened Bread, 57:44 there's the Wave Sheaf, there's Pentecost, 57:46 there's the Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, 57:48 and the Tabernacles. 57:50 The Book of Revelation covers all of them 57:52 in chronological order. 57:54 Chapter 1 deals with the first three, okay. 57:58 The first one being Passover, then Unleavened Bread, 58:02 and then the Wave Sheaf, 58:03 all of them referring specifically to the death, 58:05 burial, and resurrection of Christ Jesus. 58:08 Chapter one covers all three of the first. 58:10 And then Pentecost, we read about 58:12 in chapters 4 and 5. 58:15 Don't forget to look at RevelationWithDaniel.com 58:17 and please, continue to pray for this series. |
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