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Vision of the Son of Man

9 I, John,1 both your brother and acompanion in the tribulation and bkingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.  
10 aI was in the Spirit on bthe Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me ca loud voice, as of a trumpet,  
11 saying,1 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and, “What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches2 which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”  
12 Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned aI saw seven golden lampstands,  
13 aand in the midst of the seven lampstands bOne like the Son of Man, cclothed with a garment down to the feet and dgirded about the chest with a golden band.  
14 His head and ahair were white like wool, as white as snow, and bHis eyes like a flame of fire;  
15 aHis feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and bHis voice as the sound of many waters;  
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What Does Revelation 1:11 Mean?



Revelation 1:10-11

On the isle of Patmos sometime around AD 95, John is projected forward in time to the Day of the Lord, that is, the day of God's wrath against mankind upon this earth.

He is projected forward in vision into our day, and he is given something akin to a three-dimensional movie. However, this kind of vision is unique even to those of us who are familiar with cinema because John can participate in it. The characters he sees before him are not mere figments of his imagination—they are actually able to communicate with him and he with them! Perhaps, we can say it is more like a stage play with a backdrop of three-dimensional figures. However we look at it, it is extremely realistic, and John actually feels as though he is on the scene.

John W. Ritenbaugh
Revelation 10 and the Laodicean Church

Related Topics: Christ's Return | Christ's Wrath | Day of the Lord | God's Wrath | Jesus Christ's Return | Jesus Christ's Second Coming | Patmos | Return of Jesus Christ | Second Coming of Christ



Revelation 1:10-11

Verse 10 teaches us that the book of Revelation is designed for the Lord's Day. The Lord by wisdom designed the earth. It was no feat, therefore, for Him to design the book of Revelation to be applicable primarily to the Lord's Day, that is, the Day of the Lord—the time that is shortly to be upon us. Undoubtedly, we are in the opening phases of it, the preparation for it. We are not yet into the Tribulation, which we understand will precede the Day of the Lord. Both the Tribulation and the Day of the Lord are encompassed within the theme of Revelation. If there is any group of people for whom the book of Revelation ever applied more directly, it is those of us living now, although in type it also applied to the seven churches that existed at the time in Asia Minor (today's western Turkey).

John W. Ritenbaugh
Revelation 2-3 and Works

Related Topics: Christ's Return | Christ's Wrath | Day of the Lord | Day of the Lord | God's Wrath | Jesus Christ's Return | Return of Jesus Christ | Revelation | Second Coming of Christ | Tribulation




Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Revelation 1:11:

Genesis 2:4
Revelation 2:16


 
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