The Revelation Series - The Feet of Brass V

The Revelation Series – The Feet of Brass V

 In the Book of Revelation Chapter 1 the appearing of the Son of Man in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks must capture our minds.  I am concerned that as many have approached this Book this passed right over their heads.  John saw the Son of Man in the golden candlesticks.  Many approaches the Book with a pre-conceived idea of what the Book is about.  The start of the Book should be the greatest hint, “The Revelation of Jesus Christ.”  This is what must capture our hearts.  The heart of the Book is the revealing of Him.  Maybe we should consider it as the removal of the Old Covenant that came forth through Moses and the establishment of the new that was sealed in the Blood of Jesus Christ Himself. Maybe this is what John is seeing unfold in his day, an Old Covenant being removed and a new glorious day coming forth.

When John sees Him, John falls at His feet as dead.  This is significant.  John describes His feet as if they were bass burning in a fire.  As I have shared in the prior messages on His brass feet, the brass of the Old Testament Tabernacle was speaking of Him and His death.  It was the altar with the fire that never goes out speaking of His eternal offering of Christ.  In fact, all of the perpetual or continual offerings and works of the Levitical Priesthood were speaking of the eternal work of Christ.  The Old Covenant was the picture and the type of what is real in Christ Jesus.   In Him, this fire of understanding never goes out.  What His feet speak of is eternal with no end.  Here at the altar of the sacrifice sin was put to death.

Jesus died to sin.  Unlike Adam, JESUS did not die in sin. This makes Paul’s statements take on grandiose meaning.  Paul declares to the Romans as one man died and sin came through one man, MUCH MORE grace has surpassed what sin did to mankind.  In Romans 5:20 of the Kings James Version, the scripture reads, “Moreover the law entered that the offence might abound.  But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.”  This word much more means to abound beyond measure, super exceed.  To understand this, I must understand Christ.  He supersedes all that happened in Adam.  He supersedes sin.  He reigns over sin.  When He died, we that have received Him died with Him (Romans Chapter 6). Glory to God!

The statemen by grace we are saved takes on a new meaning when we see His death.  Through His death, my prison of death was annulled.  Through His death, me being bound to sin was no more.  Through His death the chains of sin cannot abound.  As Paul declares to the Romans, when Jesus died our old man died, that we would be married to another, who is Christ.  This is so POWERFUL, and goes back to Adam and Even in the garden.  When sin abounded and he curse came, Eve was told by God that the man would rule over the woman.  Hear this by the Spirit.  The man is to rule over the woman.  Christ is our Head.  We have been married to another.  He rules over us. 

In this union we are joined to Him.  His victory is our victory.   His dominion is our dominion.  “As He is so are we.”  We have been married to another.  He has rule over us, not sin, nor the devil!  Glory to God!  Hallelujah!  He is our victory!  He is our Life!