1. The Glorified Christ and His Church Revelation 1:10-20

2. I. The Setting: What John Saw

3. II.The Vision: The Glorified Christ in His Church (1:12-16; 20)

4. II. The Vision: The Glorified Christ in His Church 1 st - Christ is Building His Church (13) “I saw... in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man.”

5. II. The Vision: The Glorified Christ in His Church 1 st - Christ is Building His Church (13) “I saw... in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man.” Matt. 16:18; “I will build My church...”

6. II. The Vision: The Glorified Christ in His Church 1 st - Christ is Building His Church (13) “I saw... in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man.” Matt. 16:18; “I will build My church.” - Divine Architecture “I will build”

7. II. The Vision: The Glorified Christ in His Church 1 st - Christ is Building His Church (13) “I saw... in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man.” Matt. 16:18; “I will build My church.” -Divine Architecture “I will build” -Divine Ownership “My church”

8. II. The Vision: The Glorified Christ in His Church 1 st - Christ is Building His Church (13) “I saw... in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man.” Matt. 16:18; “I will build My church.” -Divine Architecture “I will build” -Divine Ownership “My church” -Divine Security “The gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.”

9. II. The Vision: The Glorified Christ in His Church 2 nd - Christ Intercedes for His Church (13) “... clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest.”

10. II. The Vision: The Glorified Christ in His Church 3 rd - Christ Purifies His Church (14) “The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.”

11. II. The Vision: The Glorified Christ in His Church 4 th - Christ Speaks Authoritatively to His Church (15b) “And His voice was like the roar of many waters.”

12. II. The Vision: The Glorified Christ in His Church 5 th - Christ Controls His Church (16a) “In His right hand He held seven stars.”

13. II. The Vision: The Glorified Christ in His Church 6 th - Christ Protects His Church (16b) “Out of His mouth came a sharp two edged sword.”

14. II. The Vision: The Glorified Christ in His Church 7 th - Christ Reflects His Glory through His Church (16c) “His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.”

15. III. The Response (1:17-19) “When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.”