What Does Yeshua Look Like?
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| Many of Us Visualize Yeshua in a Manger |
So good to be back at the keyboard today. I have taken a break from my regular Bible reading plan in order to spend some extra time digging through the Book of Revelation.
Did you know that Revelation is the actual Revelation of Yeshua the Messiah, of Jesus Christ? In many "red letter" Bibles, you will find much of this book printed in red ink, indicating Yeshua's spoken words. Much like in the gospels, that gets my attention!
What also gets my attention is the reality of who Yeshua is, each time I read this book.
In our culture, many of us have this mental picture that visualizes Yeshua as a baby in a manger or hanging on a cruel cross. Those depictions are not wrong. But, continuing to dwell solely on those images has a way of weakening our understanding of who He really is. (And I think it's by purposeful design -- a topic for another day, perhaps 😉)
Ummm, Debbie...what are you talking about?
Let's look at Revelation Chapter 1 to see if we can find a description of Yeshua today. Keep in mind that the vision of The Revelation would have been given to the apostle John around 90ishAD. That was after Yeshua's birth, death, and ascension, so I believe we can trust that the description we find is the most recent and accurate description of Yeshua's current manifestation.
In Revelation 1:4, we get our first description:
"Grace to you and shalom from Him who is and who was and who is to come...."
As we continue through chapter 1, we are confronted with MANY descriptions of Yeshua. I am going to try to list them here, but please read the chapter. There are so many, I may miss some!
Faithful Witness
Firstborn of the Dead
Ruler of the Kings of the Earth
Him Who Loves Us and has Freed Us from Our Sins by His Blood
The Alpha and Omega
The One Who Is / Who Was / Who Is To Come
The One with a Loud Voice Like a Trumpet
One Like The Son of Man
Clothed in a Robe to His Feet
Wearing a Golden Belt Around His Chest
Head and Hair, White Like Wool / Snow
Eyes Like Flames of Fire
Feet like Polished Bronze
Voice Like the Roar of Rushing Waters
Seven Stars in His Right Hand
Out of His Mouth Comes a Two Edged Sword
Face Shining Like the Sun at Full Strength
First and the Last
One Who Lives
Formerly Dead
Now Alive Forevermore
Holds the Keys to Death and Sheol
Are you seeing what I'm seeing? Yeshua is not a helpless little baby lying in a manger, and He is not a suffering servant dying on a cross.
He did those things.
And I am grateful that He did.
But He is infinitely more than a baby or a dying savior.
For those of you who may be celebrating Christmas soon, I hope this will help your celebration have even greater meaning.
For those of you who may celebrate Easter in the spring, I hope you will think of this description of Yeshua as you celebrate that "He is Risen!"
I personally like to end my Passover Seders and Sukkot Celebrations by reading Revelation Chapter 1.
During Passover / Firstfruits, we celebrate the the death and resurrection of Yeshua (it's everything and MORE that I used to celebrate at easter). And during Sukkot, we celebrate the baby Yeshua who came to "tabernacle" among us (also everything and MORE that christmas used to mean to me).
So twice each year, as I dwell on the baby and the suffering servant, I also flip to Revelation and am reminded that Yeshua is beyond these former earthly limitations.
HallaluYAH!
What do you think about adding these Yeshua-descriptions from Revelation to your next celebration?
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