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The Glorified Christ and His Church Revelation 1:10-20. I. The Setting: What John Saw. The Vision: The Glorified Christ in His Church (1:12-16; 20). II. The Vision: The Glorified Christ in His Church. 1 st - Christ is Building His Church (13)
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The Glorified Christ and His Church Revelation 1:10-20
The Vision: The Glorified Christ in His Church (1:12-16; 20)
II. The Vision: The Glorified Christ in His Church 1st - Christ is Building His Church (13) “I saw . . . in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man.”
II. The Vision: The Glorified Christ in His Church 1st - Christ is Building His Church (13) “I saw . . . in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man.” Matt. 16:18; “I will build My church. . .”
II. The Vision: The Glorified Christ in His Church 1st - Christ is Building His Church (13) “I saw . . . in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man.” Matt. 16:18; “I will build My church.” - Divine Architecture“I will build”
II. The Vision: The Glorified Christ in His Church 1st - Christ is Building His Church (13) “I saw . . . in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man.” Matt. 16:18; “I will buildMy church.” • Divine Architecture“I will build” • Divine Ownership“My church”
II. The Vision: The Glorified Christ in His Church 1st - Christ is Building His Church (13) “I saw . . . in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man.” Matt. 16:18; “I will build My church.” • Divine Architecture“I will build” • Divine Ownership“My church” • Divine Security“The gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.”
II. The Vision: The Glorified Christ in His Church 2nd - Christ Intercedes for His Church (13)“. . . clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest.”
II. The Vision: The Glorified Christ in His Church 3rd - Christ Purifies His Church (14) “The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.”
II. The Vision: The Glorified Christ in His Church 4th - Christ Speaks Authoritatively to His Church (15b) “And His voice was like the roar of many waters.”
II. The Vision: The Glorified Christ in His Church 5th - Christ Controls His Church (16a) “In His right hand He held seven stars.”
II. The Vision: The Glorified Christ in His Church 6th - Christ Protects His Church (16b) “Out of His mouth came a sharp two edged sword.”
II. The Vision: The Glorified Christ in His Church 7th - Christ Reflects His Glory through His Church (16c) “His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.”
III. The Response (1:17-19) “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.”