In Revelation 1 we see a vision of Christ, and the details we see concerning Him are amazing; His heavenly ancientness is denoted by His white face and hair, His seven eyes are like a flame of fire for watching and observing and searching and judging by enlightening, His feet are like shining bronze signifying His perfect and bright walk qualifying Him to exercise divine judgment, and His foice is like the sound of many waters in seriousness and solemnity! Wow, what a Christ we have!
Lord Jesus, grant us to see a vision of who You are to us today. May we not be limited in our vision and enjoyment of Christ. May we realise and enjoy Your heavenly ancientness. May we open to Your seven eyes to search us, observe us, watch us, judge us by enlightening, and infuse us! Amen, Lord, have a way in our being. Speak to us and wake us up with Your solemn voice! Amen!
On the one hand, Christ as God is always the same, never changing and never having a need to change or do anything to perfect Himself. On the other hand, He is all-inclusive, and depending on the need and on what God wants to do, He has many aspects and He presents Himself to us in a particular way.
For the need of restoration and further creation in Genesis 1, we see God in a particular way – God the Father being the source and the Creator, Christ being the means of God’s creation, and the Spirit of God brooding over the surface of the waters. This is at the beginning of the Bible.
Then, at the end of the Bible, we see God the Father in Christ as the Lamp in the New Jerusalem, shining in the whole universe through the redeemed and transformed humanity as the diffuser (the walls), and the Spirit and the bride being one.
This is the same God, but He went through a process in His economy, He became something, He accumulated and accomplished something, and now He is a processed and consummated Triune God. What a God we have! Our Christ is so wonderful! He is so glorious! He is so precious!
In the book of Revelation in particular we see many aspects of Christ which are not seen anywhere in the Bible. In the Gospels we see a lovely, meek, gentle, and suffering Christ, but in Revelation Christ seems to be quite fierce, burning, shining, judging, and piercing, even fighting. Wow!
In Revelation, we see Christ on the throne administrating the entire universe by means of the seven lamps of fire before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
If we open to the Lord and exercise our spirit to read and pray over His word, He has a way to infuse us with what He is today and even right now for the fulfilment of His economy.
See Christ’s Heavenly Ancientness and Open to the Lord’s Seven Eyes for Watching, Observing, Searching, Judging by Enlightening, and Infusing
In Revelation 1:14-15 we see a vision of Christ unlike any other in the New Testament. In the Gospels He used to be a lowly man, meek, humble, a man of suffering, and very caring and compassionate. The apostle John leaned his head on the Lord’s breast, being cared for and loved by Him.
But in Revelation 1 the Lord’s head and hair were as white as white wool, as snow. What does this signify?
In Song of Songs 5:11 we see that He has black hair, signifying His unfading and everlasting strength.
Here in Revelation 1, however, he has white hair, signifying His ancientness (see Job 5:10). This doesn’t mean that He is old; rather, His head and His hair were as white as white wool. White wool issues from the nature of life, and white snow comes down from the sky, from heaven. This is significant.
The colour of Christ’s nature is white; His heavenly ancientness is of His nature. Just as the snow is white because it comes from heaven, so Christ’s nature is pure, white, and heavenly, not being stained with anything earthly.
White wool, both in Revelation 1:14 and Daniel 7:9 signifies that the ancientness of Christ is of His nature – not of Him being old, and white snow signifies that His ancientness is heavenly, not earthly. Wow!
The heavenly ancientness of the Lord is depicted by His head and hair being as white as white wool, as snow. We can only praise Him for what He is!
Lord Jesus, we praise You for Your heavenly ancientness! Wow, Christ’s head and hair are as white as white wool, as snow! May we see You, dear Lord, in the way You are to us today. May we realise Your heavenly nature and appreciate Your heavenly ancientness! Amen, Lord, we love You and we open to You. You are pure, heavenly, and clean, not being tainted or stained by anything of the earthly things. Make us the same as You are, heavenly, clean, and pure! Amen, Lord, we open to You today!
The second aspect of Christ in Revelation 1:14 is that His eyes were like a flame of fire. In Song of Songs 5:12 the eyes of Christ are like doves for the expression of His love.
In the Gospels, He was kind and gentle, and others were not threatened by rather cared for by Him being with them.
But in Revelation 1:14 the Lord’s eyes were sven, even like a flame of fire; this is for watching, observing, searching, judging by enlightening, and infusing (Rev. 5:6; Dan. 10:6).
Christ observes and searches so that He may exercise judgment by enlightening. Right now Christ has seven eyes like a flame of fire, and there’s nothing that escapes His sight. Seven is the number of completion in God’s move; the seven eyes of Christ are for God’s operation, for His move.
Later in Revelation 5:6 we see that the seven eyes of Christ are seven lamps of fire, the seven Spirits of God, burning before the throne.
Christ is on the throne, and He as the Spirit is intensified sevenfold, even being like flames of fire running to and fro to accomplish God’s economy and carry out God’s administration.
In particular as it relates to us, the seven Spirits of God are sent forth in all the earth for God’s move on earth, and the Lord looks at us with His seven eyes to carry out His economy in us and through us.
When we come to the Lord in His word, when we’re in the meetings of the church and we open to the Lord, Christ with His seven eyes is watching us, observing us, searching us, judging us by enlightening, and infusing us.
We can testify that, especially in our daily living, as we are speaking with our spouse and are about to argue or raise our voice, the Lord’s seven eyes shine on us and enlighten us, judge us, and stop us from doing this. Many times the Lord comes to us with His piercing and flaming eyes.
We may converse with our workmates or neighbours, and suddenly we have an inward shining, a registration that we should stop speaking and not be involved.
We may hide something from our spouse or from our manager, and the Lord comes with His seven eyes, piercing into our being and exposing our true condition.
We may have some negative feelings toward some of the saints who have said this or done that to us; as we open to the Lord in His word, He shines on us, pierces through our feelings and hurt emotions, and He judges what needs to be judged, and then He infuses us with what He is.
On the negative side, we are judged by enlightening, for the Lord’s seven eyes pierce through, and on the positive side, we are infused with more of Christ for His move and His economy.
We can testify that we had this experience many times; we may be arguing with others or we may say something negative to someone, especially to our intimate ones, but the Lord’s shining eyes were upon us, and we could not go on speaking.
The Lord’s shining stops our mouth. The Lord’s eyes being like a flame of fire is mainly for His judgment (Dan. 7:9-10; Rev. 2:18; 19:11-12).
As we open to Him and say Amen to His speaking, not arguing with His inner shining, many negative things in us are purged and judged, and the Lord has a way to infuse us with Himself.
We all like to receive His infusing, but before He can infuse us, He burns and judges by enlightening.
Our true condition is exposed when the Lord shines on us. May we learn to open to His seven eyes and allow Him to watch us, observe us, search us, judge us by enlightening, and infuse us.
Lord Jesus, we open to Your shining today. Thank You, Lord, for being the One who has seven eyes like a flame of fire. Oh Lord, we just open to Your enlightening. May we allow You to watch us, observe us, and search us. Search us, oh God, and know our heart. Shine on us, shine within us, and pierce us with Your seven eyes. We open to Your watching, observing, and searching. We open to Your judging by enlightening. Amen, Lord, we open to Your infusing. Infuse us with what You are today. Stir us up to be hot for You! Oh Lord, keep us under Your shining! Remove from us by enlightening anything that does not match Your holy nature! Gain in us what You are after. Purify us. Cleanse us. Purge us. Infuse us. Infuse what You are into our being. Make us the same as You are, holy, bright, and shining! Amen, Lord, make us the holy city, New Jerusalem!
The Lord’s Perfect and Bright Walk Qualifies Him to Exercise Divine Judgment and His Voice is the Voice of the Almighty God in its Seriousness and Solemnity!
In Revelation 1:15 we see that the Lord’s feet were like shining bronze, as having been fired in a furnace. Wow!
When He was on earth, a woman came and wept at His feet, washing His feet with her tears and wiping them with her hair; He was so approachable and dear.
But here in Revelation we see that His feet were like shining bronze, as having been fired in a furnace. This signifies that His perfect and bright walk qualifies Him to exercise divine judgment (Ezek. 1:7; Dan. 10:6).
The fire is for divine judgment (1 Cor. 3:13; Heb. 6:8; 10:27). Our God is a consuming fire (12:29). His throne is a fiery flame and its wheels are burning fire, and a fiery stream issues and comes out from before Him, as seen in Daniel 7:9-10. All this is for judgment.
When Christ was on the earth, He was tried and tested more than any human being; others persecuted Him, asked Him questions, and spoke evil things about Him right after they praised Him, and He was misunderstood.
He was denied, evil spoken of, misjudged, and persecuted to the uttermost. His walk was tested and tried, and He came out shining.
Now He has feet like shining bronze. In the church age, He is infusing us with His very being whenever we behold Him.
Christ’s perfect and bright walk qualifies Him to exercise divine judgment. Judgment starts from His house; today we are under the Lord’s searching, judging by enlightening, and infusing, and one day He will also judge the world and all things.
He is qualified. He has been judged, tried, and found worthy, for His walk was perfect and bright. He will one day come to possess the earth by judging it, and His feet will be like pillars of fire (Rev. 10:1). Wow, what a Christ!
If we open to His judging today, He will also infuse us with what He is to make us the same as He is, and our walk will also be perfect and bright, for He will be expressed through us and live in us.
Lord Jesus, we praise You for Your perfect and bright walk on the earth. Praise You for living out God and manifesting what God is to others. Amen, Lord, Your earthly walk and daily walk were tried and tested, and You came out shining! We praise You, Lord! We open to You! You are now qualified to exercise divine judgment. We open to Your shining, searching, and judging. Shine on us through Your word. Expose any aspect of our daily living that does not match You. We open, Lord, and we agree with Your light. Infuse us with Yourself. Make us the same as You are. May our daily living be Christ living in us and being expressed through us. Amen!
In the second part of Revelation 1:15 we see that Christ’s voice is like the sound of many waters (Rev. 14:2).
This is a tumultuous sound, the sound of the voice of the almighty God (Ezek. 1:24; 43:2) in its seriousness and solemnity (cf. Rev. 10:3).
In the Gospels, we see a Christ whose voice is welcoming, kind, and gentle toward us, sinners, and exposing toward those who are self-righteous.
In the Epistles, we hear the Lord’s voice and take heed to it, and we are strengthened, built up, and perfected.
But in Revelation, the Lord’s voice is serious and solemn, even like the sound of the voice of the almighty God. In our experience today, many times the Lord’s voice is gentle and tender, and we are cherished by His speaking.
At other times, however, the Lord’s voice shocks us like a thunder. His voice is that of the Almighty God, and we are warned and awakened.
We need to hear the Lord’s voice today.
We need to be under His speaking. We need to open to His speaking. He wakes us up.
He causes us to no longer sleep or remain in a drunken stupor like the rest of the people around us. May we open to Him!
Lord Jesus, we open to Your speaking today. Thank You for Your tender and gentle voice. We love to hear Your voice, for Your voice is so lovely, so welcoming, and so soothing. We are cherished by Your speaking. Oh Lord, continue to speak to us. Speak to us even when Your voice is like the sound of many waters, the sound of the voice of the almighty God. Have a way in us, Lord, by Your speaking. May we be warned and awakened by Your speaking. May You gain in us what You are after by Your speaking! Amen, Lord, we love You and we love Your speaking!
References and Hymns on this Topic
- Inspiration for this article/sharing comes from the Word of God, the enjoyment in the ministry, a sharing by brother Ed Marks on this topic, and portions from, Life-study of Revelation, pp. 98-100, by Witness Lee, as quoted in the Holy Word for Morning Revival on, Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4) (2025 December Training), week 39 (msg. 3), Christ as the Son of Man Walking in the Midst of the Golden Lampstands – day 5.
- Similar articles on this topic:
– The seven eyes for God’s building, a portion from, Life-Study of Revelation, Chapter 22.
– The speaking Spirit, a portion from, The Spirit and the Body, Chapter 8, by Witness Lee.
– The seven Spirits of God, article by Ron Kangas in, Affirmation and Critique.
– Revelation Program 34: The Stone with the Seven Eyes for God’s Building, via LSM YouTube.
– Revelation – the Revealing Spirit, a portion from, The Spirit in the Epistles, Chapter 12, by Witness Lee.
– What are the Seven Spirits of God in Revelation? More via, Holding to Truth in Love.
– The lampstand, the stone, the Lamb, and God, a portion from, The Spirit and the Body, Chapter 8, by Witness Lee.
– The seven Spirits of God in the operation of the Divine Trinity, article by James Fite in, Affirmation and Critique.
– The lake of fire and the city of water, a portion from, The Spirit and the Body, Chapter 8, by Witness Lee. - Hymns on this topic:
– His head, His hair is white as wool— / The ancient One with youth is full. / His face is shining as the sun / To burn and lighten every one. / Oh, when this living One we see, / We’ll fall as dead, we’ll finished be. / But then the Lord His comfort gives— / He once was dead, but now He lives. (Hymns #1184 stanzas 5-6)
– Oh, sanctify us, Lord; now add Thyself to us, / In our experience, Thy Person spread in us, / That in reality the church be glorious, / O Lord, do add Thyself, we pray. / Oh, sanctify us, Lord, today; / Lord Jesus, You’re the only way. / We take Your Person, Lord; / Oh, spread Yourself abroad. / Oh, sanctify us, Lord, today. (Hymns #1135 stanza 1 and chorus)
– “Seven Spirits” of our God— / Lo, the age has now been turned / To the Spirit with the Son. / For the churches He’s concerned. / Come, O seven Spirits, come, / Thy recovery work be done! / Burn and search us thoroughly, / All the churches are for Thee. / Burn us, search us, / All the churches are for Thee! (Hymns #1122 stanza 1 and chorus)
