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Last week we began our glimpse and we saw
what every eye will see at the 2nd coming…not talking about the
rapture, but the post-tribulational touchdown of Jesus Christ as His Kingdom
comes to earth. We saw Christ the Human, the High Priest,
(making Intercession / Intervention /
Inspection)
and Christ the Holy One.
(pouring in the oil / trimming the wicks)
That was in v. 14 (read), and as we continue
this week focus in on that last phrase in v. 14: “his eyes were as a flame
of fire.” And as we continue to study John’s description of the Jesus that
he saw, think with me of the eyes of Jesus and the word “penetrating”.
1.The Eyes of
Jesus: Penetrating.
This is symbolism. Today we might say, “And
his eyes had x-ray vision” or “his eyes burned a hole right thru me!”
A person pretends to be something that
they’re not, and someone comes along and says, “they don’t fool me, I can
see right thru them!”
Sobering thought…the penetrating eyes of
Jesus Christ.
Sometimes we can fool our boss, the preacher,
friends, kids, parents, spouse (not often)
News flash: You can’t fool God!
Bin Laden…has he fooled us? Where is he?
O.J. Simpson—did he fool the jury? You can
fool an earthly judge, it has happened many times, but the Judge of the
universe will not be fooled, and if O.J. is guilty and thinks he got away w/
it, he’s got another thing coming, because he will stand before another
judge Whose eyes are like a flame of fire!
Joke—man / not smart / on trial for stealing
a watch / prosecution presented their best case / not enough evidence /
judge: “Sam, you’ve been acquitted” / Sam: “does that mean I have to give
the watch back?”
Hebrews 4:12-13
12For
the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any
twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and
spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart.
13Neither
is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things
are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Every impure thought /
every gossiping word over the telephone / every bit of jockeying a person
may try to do behind the scenes in the church or their workplace…it’s all
open to the probing eyes of Almighty God!
You can fool the
hapless public, you can be a secret fraud,
You can hide your
little sins, but you can’t fool God.
You can advertise
your virtue, you can self-achievement laud,
You can load
yourself w/ riches, but you can’t fool God
You can magnify your
talent, you can hear the world applaud,
You can boast
yourself somebody, but you can’t fool God!
Ill—Years ago
Cincinnati newspaper: story of a man in Dr.’s office / “you need a chest
x-ray, something’s wrong w/ your heart” / “oh no, I can’t afford it…I have
no money at all” / he was dressed poorly, so the Dr. believed him / said,
“you need it badly, so I’ll do it for free / x-ray showed in a pocket in his
shirt 5 $20 gold pieces…back when $100 was a lot of money / “how’s my heart
look?” / “dear sir, your heart is very, very bad--your heart is filled w/
dishonesty!”
“His eyes were as a flame of fire!”
Next, think of Jesus’ glorified feet and the
word…
2.The Feet of Jesus: Pursuing.
v. 15
In OT, brass is always a symbol of judgment.
Tabernacle: everything in outer court is
made of brass: brazen altar, brazen laver. This was the place where sin
was judged!
Jesus is coming w/ feet of brass, because He
is coming to pursue relentlessly, vengeance and judgment, and He will be
absolutely unstoppable in His pursuit. There will be no stopping the wrath
of our God, when his burning, brazen feet touch down upon this earth.
No, in Rev. He is not the meek and mild
Savior; He is the righteous and thrice Holy Judge.
v. 16 “sharp two-edged sword”
This is the Sword of God mentioned in Heb.
4:12. It’s the Sword of the Spirit from Eph. 6, part of the whole armor of
God…
“the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word
of God”
But here in Rev. it’s not to bless, and lift
up, and edify, but rather it’s being used to SMITE the nations in judgment!
Jesus is coming back to take vengeance upon
His enemies, it will be a relentless pursuit of vengeance and judgment.
Will He be chasing you?
A lot of people don’t like to see Jesus
portrayed this way, in this light. All they ever see is the Christ of the
Gospels…I hope they get over it soon, because if you don’t see the Glorified
Christ for who He is here in Ch. 1, you will NEVER understand the book of
Rev., and if you never heed the warnings and get saved, you’ll be surprised
by the Lamb made Lion of Judah!
Right now, the Sword of
the Word of God cuts to bless, but at the 2nd
coming, it will cut to bleed!If the Sword of His Word doesn’t serve to
save you in this life, it will condemn you in the afterlife!
This Sword WILL cut you…you choose
when.
“I just don’t like that!” Hey, your argument
is not w/ me…look at Rev. 2:16…
This prophecy is fulfilled in Chapter
19:11-15, listen:
11And
I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him
was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and
make war. 12His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his
head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew,
but he himself. 13And he was clothed with a vesture dipped
in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. 15And out of
his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and
he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the
fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
So much for the image
of God being some old mamby-pamby g’pa in a rocking chair up there, “the old
man upstairs”, who just allows people to mock him, make fun of him,
blaspheme him, like there’s nothing He can do about it.
II Thess. 1 (on
screen)
6Seeing
it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them
that trouble you; 7And to you who are troubled…
To you who are troubled
by the blasphemy of this world, / Hollywood dragging His name thru the mud /
perversion is rampant everywhere / Washington is corrupt / can’t feel safe
from the threats of terrorism / people make fun of you when you witness to
them it continues…
[continuing verse]
…rest with us, when the
Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8In
flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not
the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9Who shall be punished with
everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of
his power…
That’s not the Jesus of the Gospels being
written of here…add the very next verse:
10When
he shall come to be glorified…
That’s a prophetic
passage, not talking about the meek and lowly Savior, but the One who is
coming back as Judge, Jury, and Executioner!
Ill.--the same sun
which melts the ice hardens the clay!
The One who spoke this world into existence will speak His enemies into
oblivion!
He’s coming back in
Pursuit, and His eyes will be Penetrating!
Next, think of the
word…
3.The Voice of Jesus: Powerful.
v. 15 “voice as
the sound of many waters”
So far we’ve been
seeing what He looks like, now we begin to listen to what he sounds like…the
sound of His voice!
Imagine the thunder of
the ocean crashing against the rocks…imagine Niagara Falls and the roar of
it. [audio]
Ps. 29:3, 4
3 The voice of the LORD
is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is
upon many waters.
4 The voice of the LORD
is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.
Or Jeremiah 25…
29Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword
upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.
30Therefore
prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD
shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he
shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that
tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. 31A
noise shall come evento the ends of the earth; for the LORD
hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will
give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.
Imagine the voice of
God, that is so powerful that it can be heard around the world! The voice
of the glorified Jesus Christ.
When that voice begins
to roar out judgment, it will do no good to argue.
Ill—out witnessing /
person contradicts Scripture / I show them the verses / they say: “I’ll
discuss that w/ God when I die!”
Oh no you
won’t, you might as well stand on the beach and argue w/ an incoming
hurricane!
This is not the Jesus
that John formerly knew…no wonder every knee shall bow…etc.
He is penetrating,
He is pursuing, He is powerful…
4.The Glory of Jesus: Praiseworthy!
End of v. 16
“Countenance as the
sun”
We’ve already seen his
clothes are golden, his hair is like snow, feet like
brass, eyes like fire, voice like crashing waves,
But the most amazing
feature is His face…like the sun at noon! You can’t look at the sun,
much less the noonday sun!
In Acts 9 Paul got a
brief glimpse of that face and was struck blind for 3 days…
Moses had to stand in
the cleft of a mountain just to see the back of our Lord’s head
(countenance)…
…no wonder Rev. 21 says
the city of Heaven has no need for sun or moon to shine, for the glory of
God lightens it, and the Lamb is the light thereof! Worthy is the Lamb!
Worthy is the Lamb! He is praiseworthy!
Who can describe the
glory of Jesus, how can anyone describe it? One writer said,
“the light of the
heaven is the face of Jesus
the joy of heaven is
the presence of Jesus
the melody of heaven is
the name of Jesus
the harmony of heaven
is the praise of Jesus
the theme of heaven is
the work of Jesus
the employment of
heaven is the service of Jesus
the duration of heaven
is the eternity of Jesus
the fulness of heaven
is Jesus Himself!”
Jesus will be what
makes it heaven for me!
That
Jesus will not be taken lightly / for granted…
That
Jesus deserves the full attention of your life!
That’s
a Jesus to tell people about!
That Jesus deserves your response!
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