Revelation 1:15-20

Revelation 1:15-20

Revelation 1:15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.

Verse 15 *Bronze is a metal that glows in the fire. People polish *bronze so that it shines in the light. It is a very strong metal. The feet of *bronze show that the Son of Man is powerful.

Isaiah 66:1 Thus says the Lord: "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool;

1 Corinthians 15:25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

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Revelation 1:16 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.

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Right hand - This is usually a description of care about his people, how He save His

people and Guide in right path as seen in Psalms 20:6;  and Isaiah 41:    10

Psalm 20:6 Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed; he will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving might of his right hand.

Isaiah 41:10 … I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Seven Stars - According to verse 20 the seven stars represent the “angels” or “messengers” of the seven Churches, and the messengers are the leaders or ministers of the Churches. The word Angelos in Greek simply means messenger, whether human or divine.

Sharp two-edged sword - This is a reference to the sword of the spirit which is the word of God. (Ephesians 6:17, Hebrews 4:12) It is this sword that He smites the nations with Revelation 19:15.

       And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Hebrews 4:12  For the word of God  is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

…his face was like the sun shining in full strength.

- The glorified Jesus shone as the sun when it shines in its strength.

Ø  The sun shines show the righteousness of Jesus  (Malachi 4:2)  He is the Sun of Righteousness.

Ø  The sun is here used to show the extreme brightness of Christ’s glory, His righteousness. Peter, James, and John, when at the mount of transfiguration, saw Christ’s face shine as the sun. (Matthew 17:2)

Ø  Saul expressed the same words when seeing Christ on the road to Damascus. (Acts 26:13-15) This glory He shared with the father from eternity past. (John 17:5)

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Revelation 1:17 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,

Fell as dead...right hand upon me - As was Daniel’s reaction in the Old Testament so was John’s in the New Testament. At the presence of Christ, all strength left the human thus privileged to behold the glorified Lord. (See Daniel 10:5-10) But Jesus laid His right hand of strength upon John to strengthen him, and encourages him to not fear.

Daniel 10:9 Then I heard the sound of his words, and as I heard the sound of his words, I fell on my face in deep sleep with my face to the ground.

Ezekiel 1:28 Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around.Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of one speaking.

Ezekiel 2:1 And he said to me, "Son of man,^[1] stand on your feet, and I will speak with you."

Revelation 22:5 And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.

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Revelation 1:18 and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.

…and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore,

This is a clear description of Jesus who lived on earth, died for the sins of mankind and then rose to live for ever more. Death has no more dominion over Him. (Romans 6:9)

Romans 6:9 We know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.

Have the keys of hell and death - Satan claimed to have the power or dominion of death. But Christ took part of the same flesh and blood as we and, by His death, broke that dominion, thus being able to hold the key/power/authority over hell, that is the grave, and death, this enables Him to raise us from the dead. (Hebrews 2:14-15) The wages of sin is death, (Romans 6:23) but Christ never sinned, (1 Peter 2:22) thus death had no dominion over Him.

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Psalm 68:20 Our God is a God of salvation, and to GOD, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.

Unto God the Lord belong the deliverances from death. (Psalms 68:20)

1 Peter 2:22 He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.

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Hebrews 2:14 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

Hebrews 2:15 and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.

1 Corinthians 15:54 … "Death is swallowed up in victory."

1 Corinthians 15:55 "O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?"

The last enemy to be destroyed is death (1 Corinthians 15:26) and hell/grave. (Revelation 20:14)

1 Corinthians 15:26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

Revelation 20:14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

Like this Isaiah prophecy will be fulfilled

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Revelation 1:19 Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this.

There is no much explaination required for this verse even though this is the Key verse of the this book. It explain how this book was written. The hole book was written as 3 stage, past, present and feature.

Past things :-   This book covered many historic events happened before last decade of 1 century.

The things...have seen => Christ the revelator in chapter one.
Present :-        This book talks about the seven churches

The things...are => seven churches in chapter two and three.
Feature:-         What going to happen in the last seven years

The things...shall take place...=> in chapters 4-22

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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.