Today’s Devotional: “The Christ We See”

In Revelation chapter one, John sees Christ as he has never seen Him before. His hair was extreme white, his face shone like the sun in full strength, His eyes burned like fire, out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and His words sounded like many waters. Along with this, John saw Jesus wearing the robes of authority, those of priest, king, and judge (Revelation 1:13-16).

What’s interesting is that John said the person he saw was “One like the Son of Man.” In other words, it was Jesus, as he remembered Him on earth and in His transformed state, but now in a way He had never seen before.

But John would never have seen Jesus this way if he hadn’t turned.

“I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet … Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me.” (Revelation 1:10, 12)

It was only when John turned, and it’s only when we turn, that is, when we repent, that we’ll see Jesus as we’ve never seen Him before and hear Him in a way never before experienced.

If the world has our attention and our hearts are set on the things of this world and its voices of philosophy, science, and psychology, then we’ll never truly hear God’s voice nor see His glory.

This is why the Lord said on many occasions, “He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches” (Revelation 2:7, 11, 29; 3:6, 16, 22; 13:9).

Jesus’ voice will be like the sound of many rushing waters. It’s a voice of power and authority, shattering all other sounds and eliminating the voices of this world.

The Lord will roar on high; He will thunder from His holy dwelling and roar mightily over His land. His voice will be heard throughout the earth (Jeremiah 25:30, 31).