“Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah,
he Root of David,
has prevailed to open the scroll
and to loose its seven seals.”
- REVELATION 5:5
When
John was given a revelation of Christ in the Isle of Patmos he
described the feet of Jesus as “fine brass as if refined in a furnace.”
Brass is a symbol of judgment, and the furnace is a symbol of wrath,
purification, and refinement. This dimension of the
Lord Jesus was something quite new to John.
Because
Jesus did not come to judge the world right away, but to save it, we
tend to think of Jesus only in terms of the “Lamb” – meek, silent,
longsuffering, and turning the other cheek. He certainly is all that.
Yet here we get a glimpse of Jesus as the “Lion.” He said He was indeed a
King, but that His
Kingdom was not of this world. Up until now the kingly aspect of Christ
and the majestic glory of His Kingdom had remained hidden.
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