Year 3, Day 350: Revelation 4-5

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Discipleship Focus: Identity

• Identity: Who we are.  This is defined by God.  It comes from God.  It comes to us through God’s love for us.

I love these chapters of Revelation for the picture we see of Jesus.

• He is a lamb.  But He is no simple lamb.  He is a lamb who has been slain.  Jesus is the sacrifice for our atonement.
• He is the Lion of Judah.  He is the Messianic ruler of Judah.  He is powerful.  His strength is unrivaled.
• He is the Root of David.  Jesus is of the line of David.  He is of the lineage of kings.  He is the promised Messiah to come.
• He has seven horns.  Seven represents God’s completeness.  Jesus is complete.  He is omnipotent.
• He receives power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing.  Jesus knows that He is not the source.  Rather, these qualities come to Him.

Here we see a Jesus who understands His identity comes from God.  Jesus is not out to create an identity of His own choosing.  He embraces the identity that comes from God.  God wanted Him to be born.  God wanted Him to teach and be among the people.  God wanted Jesus to die for our sake.  God wanted Jesus to rise and have power over death and the world.  Jesus can do all of these things in obedience to the Father because He understands that His identity comes from the will of the Father. 

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