Vision of the Son of Man
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Author is John
Author is John
Revelation 1:9
I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
John writing from Patmos and has a vision
Written to the Churches
Written to the Churches
Revelation 1:10-12
I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.” Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands,
Revelation 1:20
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.
Seven churches are the golden lampstands
Word Angelos means messenger most commonly used to refer to heavenly beings we call angels but can be used of Man such as John the Baptist in
Matthew 11:10
This is he of whom it is written, “ ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’
The Prophets
Haggai 1:13
Then Haggai, the messenger of the Lord, spoke to the people with the Lord’s message, “I am with you, declares the Lord.”
Message Bearers
1 Samuel 6:21
So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the Lord. Come down and take it up to you.”
They could Kill
1 Samuel 19:11
Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him, that he might kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, told him, “If you do not escape with your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”
They could spy
Joshua 6:25
But Rahab the prostitute and her father’s household and all who belonged to her, Joshua saved alive. And she has lived in Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
Thus I propose these were human messengers
either messengers sent with the letter to the churches or most likely the pastors/elders of the churches
The Son of Man
The Son of Man
Revelation 1:13-18
and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength. 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, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.
The son of Man - Most common name Jesus used for himself
The imagery here is one of strength and power.
He is dressed as the high priest
What is the significance of this?
What else is unusual about Jesus appearance?
Blazing white glowing - holiness
Eyes of fire penetrating gaze
feet of brass - Power/Strength
voice of many waters - voice of authority
Seven stars in hand - church in his control
sword - judgement
Face shining like sun - glory of God - light to illumine the world
What is the effect of the vision of Christ upon John?
Why do Jesus Followers have no reason to fear his coming?
I am statement
First and the last - title for God showing his timelessness
The living one power over death
holds the keys of death
The Timeline of Revelation
The Timeline of Revelation
Revelation 1:19
Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this.
What you have seen Revelation 1
Those that are Revelation 2-3
Revelation 2:2
“ ‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false.
Those that are to take place after this Revelation 4 onward
Revelation 4:1
After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”