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Revelation 1:14
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We can understand the symbolism because the Son of man is represented in the Book of Daniel as the Ancient of days (Daniel 7:9). The symbol it is not talking about his literal age as a man; it talking about his being from everlasting as the Son of God, ‘whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting’ (Micah 5:2). In the vision his hair reflected the fact that he is from eternity. He is the eternal God. His wisdom and his great honour are seen from what John sees in his likeness here. In the symbol he has the understanding and knowledge of an ancient one. He is all wisdom, and all understanding.‘And his eyes were as a flame of fire’ – convicting. A flame of fire sees and penetrates everywhere and everything, and reads all thoughts.
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If only we could just get some sense of the Saviour and his might and majesty: that he knows everything we have done, everything that we think. The hypocrite cannot stand before Christ. The liar cannot convince him. He might convince us; a charming liar can persuade us that what he is saying is true, but Christ’s eyes are a flame of fire. He reads every heart. He knows every motive. Remember that these words are given in the context of the subject seen in the opening of the chapter – the last day, the coming of Christ, the day of judgement. In that day all his opponents will be gathered together and they will shrink before his gaze, which examines them and knows them through and through.
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