Revelation 1:12-13

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!