“His feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters.”
(Revelation 1:15b)
His Voice Like Many Waters:
John on the rocky coast of Patmos could hear the slam of the rough waves beating on the rocks: loud, clear and powerful. So when the Lord of the church comes in judgement, nothing can resist His coming. This imagery takes us back to (Ezekiel 43:2), where the prophet describes the glory of God as many waters: 'and His voice was like the noise of many waters, and the earth shined with His glory.'
That voice, preceded by the sound of the angelic trumpet, will literally raise the dead (1 Cor. 15:53). That same voice is still raising the spiritually dead from sin and selfishness into a life in union with God in Christ (John 10:3). The 'many waters' they hear are those of the river of eternal life, flowing from the throne of God and the Lamb (Rev. 22:1).
(Douglas F. Kelly)
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