9 I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet 11 saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.” 12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. 14 The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, 15 his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. 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. 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, 18 and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades. 19 Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this. 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.  Revelation 1:9-20

A. Introduction (Revelation 1:1 8)

B. Vision Prelude (Revelation 1:7 8)

C. Vision of the Lord Jesus (Revelation 1:9 13)

D. Vision of the Lord Jesus His appearance

1. John’s vision of Jesus: His proximity His identity

Revelation 1:13

a. The nearness of Jesus to his church

Rev 2:1; Gen 28:10 16; John 14:15 18, 16:7, 13 14; Acts 1:8

b. The identity of Jesus to His church

Daniel 7:13 14; Mark 14:60 65

2. John’s vision of Jesus – His clothing

Revelation 1:13

a. Jesus dressed as an authoritative figure (judge, king)

Exodus 28:4; Leviticus 16:4

b. Jesus dressed as the High Priest of His church

Hebrews 2:17 1 8, 4:14, 7:21 27

3. John’s vision of Jesus: His appearance (features)

Revelation 1:14-16

a. His hairs: eternality, purity, wisdom

Rev 1:14 a; Dan. 7:9; John 1:1 2 , 10 :30, 17:22; Lev. 19:32; Prov. 16:31

b. His eyes: judgment, omniscience, fear

Rev. 1:14b, 2:18; Heb. 4:13; Prov. 15:3; Ps. 139:1 4

c. His feet: glory, power, guidance

Rev 1:15 ; 2:1; Heb. 12:5 10

d. His voice: authority, power, majesty

Rev 1:15b ; Ezek. 43:1 2; Gen. 1; Matt. 4:1 11

e. His right hand: security, control

Rev. 1:16 ; Eph. 1:22 23, Eph. 4:11

f. His mouth: truth, authority, power

Rev 1:16 b ; Heb. 4:12, Rev. 19:11 16

g. His face: beauty, brilliance, purity

Rev. 1:16c ; 2 Cor. 4:6; Isaiah 33:17