Then I
turned to see the voice that spoke with me.
And having turned I saw seven gold lampstands, and in the midst of the
seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the
feet and girded about the chest with a golden band.
·
John hears a “Voice, as of a trumpet”,
then having “turned to see the Voice
that spoke” Scripture declares that John “saw”. What
if John wouldn’t have turned? What if Moses wouldn’t have “turned” to see
the burning bush? Many times God chooses to approach us with an unfamiliar
presentation from an unusual vantage point in an offensive manner (Jn.
20:14-16; 21:4, 12). He does this as an “invitation”
to turn from the mundane into the supernatural! He
looks to see if we have our “ear to the wind” so to speak, being attentive to
His voice. As we “turn” toward Him,
He is found by us (Zech.
1:3). In many cases, those who continue
on in the familiar without turning, miss out on what God is saying and doing.
God only called to Moses after He “saw that he turned aside to
look”.
·
The revelation of Jesus Christ, as the
glorious “Son of Man” (Rev.
1:13; 14:14) is central throughout the book of Revelation, founded upon the
core reality of the Messiah, who is both fully God and fully man.
Exodus 25:37 “You shall make seven lamps for it, and they
shall arrange its lamps so that they give light in front of it.
Ezekiel 1:26 And above the firmament over their heads was
the likeness of a throne, in appearance like a sapphire stone; on the likeness
of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a man high above it.
Daniel 10:5 I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, a
certain man clothed in linen, whose waist was girded with gold of Uphaz!
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