50 Days of Wisdom

We are very familiar with the veiled Christ of the gospels. But it's the Book of Revelation that introduces us to the unveiled Christ as the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, the ruler of the kings of the earth, the One who was and is and is to come, the Almighty, and the first and last. But there is another designation of the unveiled Christ: the one who has the seven stars. He introduces Himself in chapter 2, verse 1, as "the One who holds the seven stars in His right hand and the One who walks among the seven golden lampstands." What are the stars? They're ministers of the churches. Seven actual churches. They each had ministers, as churches do. What He's saying is, "I hold the ministers of My true church in My hand, and the seven lampstands," as verse 20 says, "are the seven churches." In other words, "I am Lord over My church." He uses seven churches as an illustration because the number seven signifies completion, originating from creation, and each of these churches symbolizes the types of churches that have existed throughout history. This is the unveiled Christ. The world doesn't see that now. They don't see that. They see a church. They see you. They see me, and they think this is a human agency, a human instrument, a human institution, a human organization, and we're religious, and it's all very nice. They have no idea that moving in this church is the living, exalted Christ, and that we're in His hands, and He is doing His work of empowering, interceding, purifying, speaking, and protecting His true church. This is the unveiled Christ, the glorious head of His church. Now, in chapter 3, verse 1, He refers to Himself with another title, "He who has the seven Spirits of God and the stars." He not only holds the leaders of the church in His hands as He moves through His church to do His work, but He has the seven Spirits of God. There are not seven Spirits. There is only one Holy Spirit. But the Holy Spirit is revealed in sevenfold beauty. He is presented as the Spirit of the Lord—the Spirit of wisdom, understanding, counsel, strength, knowledge, and worship—and the Holy Spirit is fully upon Christ. He is the One, it says here, who has the sevenfold Spirit of God. He is fully empowered by the Holy Spirit. That was true in His incarnation, but it was veiled, wasn't it? It was veiled. However, it will become unveiled at His second coming. He will literally send His Spirit to fill the earth. And the Scripture says, "He gives not the Spirit by measure." Part of this will be the full glorious manifestation of the sons of God. When it becomes clear that we are fully empowered by the Holy Spirit in the kingdom that is to come. At His return, the Lord Jesus binds Satan for 1,000 years and establishes a kingdom on this earth. With demons and Satan imprisoned, the Holy Spirit pervades the earth, and righteousness prevails across the planet. And He is the one who is full of the fullness of the Spirit, who sent us the fullness of the Spirit, and who will one day send the fullness of the Spirit to fill the earth. So far, the Book of Revelation has introduced to us the unveiled Christ as the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, the ruler of the kings of the earth, the Alpha and the Omega, the One who was and is and is to come, the Almighty, who has Seven stars in His hand and the One who possesses the fullness of the Holy Spirit. In case you're counting, that's nine – so far. Repent and believe! GTY.org (80-418) – Christmas Future

Today's Wisdom

Day: 1050

October 5, 2026

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Now grant, O Lord, that when the souls who read these books cast their eyes upon these lines, their minds may be illuminated and their consciences convinced and awakened, that they may see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and be converted so that You may heal them. Amen!