Let's turn to the book of the Revelation and we'll read from the first chapter from verse 12 down to verse 15. So just a few verses in this first chapter in the book of the Revelation. And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks. And in the midst of the seven candlesticks, one like unto the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to his foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were as a flame of fire, and his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace, and his voice as the sound of many waters. Well, as we've already commented, of course, John was on the Isle of Patmos by himself, we believe, and God came and gave him this vision of the Revelation. And we're thankful that we have it recorded for our benefit. We're thankful to be able to read it and to meditate on it. Well this evening we're going to speak on these verses from 12 to 15 and really they're very remarkable verses because it really describes the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. And it's the kind of thing that perhaps we've read many times and have not perhaps realised the significance and the importance such statements. We do have descriptions of the Savior in the Old Testament. We have one in the seventh chapter of Daniel and we have one of course in the Song of Solomon. But it's amazing how these descriptions fit very clearly into that wonderful pattern of the Lord Jesus Christ. Now the Apostle John was here and on this isle of Patmos, and he heard a voice, a voice behind him, speaking. And we've already commented on some of those comments which were made and he heard. And then we come down to the 12th verse of this chapter, and we're told, he says, and I turned to see the voice that spake with me. being turned I saw seven golden candlesticks. Well we know that the seven golden candlesticks represent the seven churches of Asia. We're told that in the last verse in this chapter. So we see here that John is told to turn and saw And heard this voice, and turning, saw seven golden candlesticks. And then he says, and in the midst of the seven candlesticks, one like unto the Son of Man. And then he gives a description of what he saw. And it's really very wonderful to think of the description that he observed. And he says, one like unto the son of man clothed with a garment down to the foot. You might think, well, what does that represent? Well, we can be fairly sure it represents the righteousness of Christ. And it's important to notice or to realize that, of course, by this time, the Lord Jesus died upon that cross at Calvary, he had made an atonement for his people, different to the previous two descriptions we have in the Old Testament. So therefore he had, by the glorious work that he completed on Calvary's cross, he completed that wonderful work of atonement for his church. And so now we know that the glorious Saviour rose from the dead and is ascended up to his Father in heaven, there to intercede for us as our great and glorious heavenly High Priest. And so we have this picture before us here, clothed with a garment down to the foot, a priestly garment, the high priest was clothed with a garment down to his foot. And then we're also told that he was girt about the paps with a golden girdle. And of course gold, as we know, is by itself a very pure metal. And therefore, and this was girded round the saviour on that vision and of course we know that it was girded around his paps which is where the level of where our heart is so we can be thankful to realise that the Lord Jesus here shows before us the wonder of that robe of righteousness because as I said he made the atonement sin was taken away from all the Church of God, but nonetheless there was still the necessity to have that clothing of Christ's righteousness to cover our nakedness. And then there was this golden girdle. In the Old Testament there was the ephod, you may remember. They had the ephod to go round them. And what does it signify? It was more or less round and it was gold. Surely it sets before us in the scripture that which is so valuable and so wonderful, which is none other than the love of Almighty God. So there we see, signified there, positioned by the centre to sow forth his great love toward his church. Well, we should be very thankful then that we have a picture like this shown to us. And obviously important, it was recorded by John for the benefit of the Church of God. And then we're told his head and his hairs were white like wool as white as snow. Well, that shows to us purity. And indeed, what a mercy it is to realise that the Lord Jesus was pure. What a wonderful thing it is. And in the book of Daniel, we have a repetition of this statement. In the book of Daniel, the seventh chapter and the ninth verse we read, And I beheld till the thrones were cast down and the ancient of days, that is, of course, the Lord Jesus, did sit, whose garment was white as snow, that glorious robe of righteousness, and the hair of his head like the pure wool. Pure wool. And here we have this statement. His hairs were white like wool, as white as snow. And I understand that the whitest wool is from a young lamb, a freshly born lamb. The wool is the whitest. And his eyes were as a flame of fire. Well, it's the great design of omnipotence, the great design of the Lord Jesus Christ. Those eyes, they penetrate into the deepest recesses of our hearts. As we may be under condemnation, we cannot escape those eyes which look right into our heart. We may try and turn away from them, we may try and appease our conscience, but those eyes, and they were told here so very clearly, his eyes were as a flame of fire, a flame of fire, never going out, fiery flame, what a thing, what a situation it was, what a blessing it was to the Church of God and what a blessing it is for us today to realise then that we have the eyes of Almighty God looking into us, into our hearts, And what a mercy to recognize that through his grace, he sees there that glorious life of God, which he has placed within us. Not something that you and I can put there, but it's something which God puts into our hearts so that we can understand what the Apostle Paul said when he said, in you hath he quickened. made spiritually alive or what a blessing it is if you and I have the evidence then that we are indeed made spiritually alive and then we come down to his feet his feet are spoken of here and what a A blessing it is to realise that the Lord Jesus has those feet like fine brass, as if they were burned in a furnace. The blessing is that the Saviour will never lead us astray. He'll always lead us in that right way. His feet never vary, His feet never go in a wrong direction. what a blessing therefore for you and me today if by faith we can see the path that the Lord Jesus walked when he was on this earth it was a wonderful path that he sets before us and what a mercy it is and then we come on to Really what we've already touched on and that's the eyes which really shine forth and penetrate right into our very soul. And then just finally we read about the voice. His voice as the sound of many waters. It's quite clearly a very loud voice, wasn't it? Now, when the Holy Spirit speaks into our heart, it may sometimes be like it was with Elijah, a still small voice. But sometimes it may be a very loud voice, which condemns us, perhaps in things that we've said, perhaps in things that we've done, perhaps just in our thoughts. to realise that the powerful voice of God speaks into our hearts. And it is described here as the sound of many waters, where Revelation speaks farther on about that powerful voice, that loud voice as a trumpet. And here we have then this statement, his voice as the sound of many waters, So it's just made a few comments here tonight on this picture of the Lord Jesus Christ and it's worthwhile going home and just reading these verses really from 12 to 15. Not a long, not a long section is it? And yet describes the Savior and it's important because John was directed and he turned to see the voice and this is what he saw. So we must recognize It is relevant and it is important. And may we rejoice indeed that God has given us such a description. And as we ponder these words, we'll see how great they are, how pure they are, how wonderful they are. And what does it do? Surely it elevates the Saviour to show to us a little of His greatness. a little of his love, a little of his mercy, a little of his favour towards such unworthy sinners. And therefore surely we can indeed go on our way rejoicing that God in his wonderful favour has recorded such words as these. As I've said, words perhaps that we may have read a number of times and may have passed them over without really pondering what they mean. So it would be good to think upon them so that our souls may be strengthened and encouraged, and we're able to come and conclude what a saviour. Well, may God bless you.