The majesty of Christ

We have been reading Revelation for the past two weeks, and I haven’t yet written a blog regarding this often misunderstood book.

One clear theme in Revelation is the awesome nature of Christ. Revelation, filled with many images, bizarre symbols and cryptic sequences of numerical events may confuse the interpreter. While one struggles to navigate through Revelation, the definite sense of Christ’s glory must not be lost.

Jesus appears to the apostle John in a way which holds tremendous meaning for the Bible enthusiast. He appears as the son of man, or the ancient of Days already foreseen in the book of Daniel (Daniel 7). His hair is white look wool depicting his antiquity. This of course indicates that Jesus is the historic creator of the world, who is eternal, and forever existing. The vision further describes Jesus eyes to be burning like fire. This speaks of God’s consuming fire of holiness, full of purity, yet powerful enough to consume iniquity. The fiery eyes are typical of the angelic vision Daniel had. (Daniel 10:6). As the Lord speaks, John hears the sound of many waters, indicating the awesome authority his voice commands. This reminds us of Ezekiel’s vision in Ezekiel 1:28. Other stirring visual details are given, such as the bronze feet, the pure white linen robe, the golden lampstands and the sunshine glistening face.

As I write these words, I am immensely overwhelmed at the picture of God these images conjure in my mind. John was awestruck as the majesty of Christ was revealed to him. His only response was to fall down as one dead in deep reverence of the awesome Christ. Careful study of the Old Testament manifestations of the presence of God causes one to truly appreciate John’s vision of Christ. While these images are overpowering, one could only imagine what it would have been like to actually see Christ.

Would you like to see Christ? I mean really have a vision of him? I know I would. Well why don’t you start with Hebrews 12:14, where we are told that living holy lives is prerequisite to seeing God. Holiness is rooted in an acute awareness of the majesty of God. Study out these details of Christ, and get an understanding of how grand and majestic he really is. Let this consciousness drive you to an increased desire to be more like God. As you do, you will naturally become more holy, and sin will become more and more distasteful to you. Maybe you won’t have a literal vision, but I guarantee you that as you seriously consider these things, and put them into practice God will be more real to you than ever before, and you will truly experience the rich presence of the majestic Christ.