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“ I looked up and saw a man dressed in linen clothing, with a belt of pure gold around his waist. His body looked like a precious gem. His face flashed like lightning, and his eyes flamed like torches. His arms and feet shone like polished bronze, and his voice roared like a vast multitude of people.” Daniel 10:5-6

Sometimes (if not always) it is easy to miss the beauty and spectacular characteristics of nature. It is easy to miss the good in each other, the inner and outer beauty, after all, even though fallen because of sin, we are still made in the image of God. We are after all God’s highest creation. But what about Christ Jesus, do we see him, or like the people with Daniel when he saw this vision, missed it completely.

You can come to church every week, and go away happy with friendships and content by having a good time, but do we see Jesus. Do we miss the point of our weekly ritual?

It is unlikely that we have a heavenly revelation like this one Daniel did and John did as he wrote the Revelation, but do we see him at all? What is our appreciation, what is our understanding of the Man, who is risen, who has ascended into heaven and now sits on the throne of heaven?

Daniel’s vision was from God and these are some of the things that he sees.

· A Man in linen clothing– A picture that Christ is our High Priest, he has entered heaven and intercedes on our behalf.

· A Man wearing a Belt of pure gold– Everything about Christ is perfect,

· His body looked like a precious stone– In the original Hebrew this stone would have been “beryl” Beryl is famous for its perfect, six-sided crystals. The Man who was God, holy, perfect, sublime, faultless, awesome.

· His face flashed like lightening- His countenance represents awe and fear, in unity

· His eyes flamed like torches– Eyes that brighten the darkest place and destroy the darkest evil.

· With feet and arms with polished bronze– His strength and justice is just and pure

· His voice roared like a vast multitude– He can be heard above the highest authority on earth. There is no power, no one who is higher or greater than Christ.

Christ Jesus is more than we can imagine, more awesome than we can sing, more mighty that we can declare, worship him, with all that you have and all that you are..

Labels: Awe, Beauty, Brilliance, Fear, Wonder

posted by Andy Hodson - Saturday, 14 June 2008, 20:41
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