The Lion and the Lamb
“Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the 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.
Source: The Irresistible Kingdom by Chip Brogden
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