Understanding the Stunning Vision of Jesus in Revelation 1 - Final Video in my “The Real Jesus Will Surprise You” Series

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Hi, and welcome to Journey into Trust Day by Day. My name is Dawn Hill, and this is the place where you can find biblical encouragement to build your life upon. Today, we are going to be digging into Revelation 1, verses 8-11 first, and then we're going to move through the passage, all the way through the spectacular vision that John receives of Jesus Christ. So, I am looking forward to sharing this with you, mainly because when I first read this revelation of Jesus, I was pretty scared, and I didn’t like the picture it painted of Jesus. I didn’t understand it. But as I grew and learned, and especially when I taught a class called Literature of the Bible, I could dig into it again and understand it as it was meant to be. And now, I love this picture of Jesus.

But it's important to understand that as we get into the vision of Jesus, that it's not meant to be taken as a picture necessarily. It, it does shock us. It is meant to stay vivid in our mind. I think that’s why Jesus revealed himself in this way. But each piece of that revelation of what Jesus looked like has a very important, significant, symbolic meaning, and those meanings all put together help us really know Jesus better. And that’s what I want for you.

So this is a part of the series; this is wrapping up the series about how Jesus—the real Jesus—will surprise you. I might end up cutting it into two if it gets too long, but know that we’re wrapping up that series, and I couldn’t end that series without without sharing this vision of Jesus. But I want to give you the introduction to it and then dive in.

So, Revelation 1:8-11 is that introduction. We worked through the other part last time, and now we’re at verse eight. So, it says, "I am the Alpha and the Omega." Let me just switch you over so you can see it too. There you go. "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."

The Patmos vision: I, John, your brother and fellow partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the Island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. I was in the spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet, saying, "Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamum, to Thyatira, to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and Laodicea."

So, this gives us the background of where the vision came from, where John was when he had the vision. Scholars believe that John wrote this and received and wrote this the book of Revelation, about AD 95. So, this is about 62 years after Jesus has ascended into heaven, and the new church is about 62 years old. So, there are some things that are happening in the church that Jesus is very yeah, wants to address, and he’ll do that very clearly in the seven letters to each of the churches. and that happens in Revelation chapters 2 and 3. So, John’s writing. Jesus is giving this vision. He’s very concerned about the church, and we’re going to see that Jesus is right there with his church, and he knows everything about his church.

So, first of all this passage gives us some background of the fantastic vision that John sees and how he will faithfully describe that throughout the whole book of Revelation. We learn that John is faithful to the point of being persecuted and cast out because of holding on to and preaching the word of God. We know that on a Sunday, the Holy Spirit spoke to him in a voice that was clear and loud and alerting, like the sound of a trumpet. We know that this revelation was to be shared with seven specific churches in the ancient what was considered Asia, which now we consider more like the Middle East and even more like well, it has to do with that whole area around Greece and Turkey and all those areas where these churches were.

So, we know that this revelation was to be shared with those specific churches, but we’re also told at the beginning of the book that this whole book is for God’s bondservants. So, it is for all of us. But we’ll, we’ll see—well, if you listen to some other videos about the letters to the seven churches, you’ll see that each of those letters was definitely specifically for those seven churches, and yet the the praises and the rebukes shared, we can apply in many ways to our church today and to, to the churches and the contemporary world that we’re in right now. Jesus’s word definitely holds true, and temptations and sin and different things that the church can fall into are pretty universal. So it has a definite specific application, and then it has a broader all-time application.

Okay, so we’re looking at this, and we want to notice in Revelation 12 through 13, now we want to notice a few things. So, here’s the verses: Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me, and having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands. And in the middle of the lampstands, I saw one like a son of man.

Okay, so, verses 12 and 13, we see that this one like a son of man is definitely Jesus. It will come out more and more clearly in the passage, and he is standing in the center of his let me, sorry, let me move you closer. Here, see if I can give you your next one. There we go. This one. Okay, so he is standing in the middle of the seven golden lampstands, and we can also see Daniel 7:13-14 to get that reference of the son of man being Jesus and how he was going to be the Messiah who would come. And then we learn why this is significant. What do the seven golden lampstands represent? Verse 20 of this passage makes that clear, and it shows us that the lampstands represent the seven churches.

So, this means that Jesus is standing in the midst of his church. He’s right there in the middle of it. The number seven in scripture—I don’t get into numerology a whole lot, but the number seven is a number that carries with it a deeper meaning of it’s considered God’s number. It’s considered the number of perfection or completeness. So we saw this when we looked at the first seven verses of Revelation, and some translations say that the seven spirits of God were around the throne, but I shared with you how that really means the sevenfold Spirit. He’s the complete, perfect, whole Holy Spirit was around the throne.

And then we need to also think about what the lampstands, what lampstands do. They will provide light in the darkness. So, that is very important. We have dark streets, and we have lampstands. We have street lights to help us see, and the idea is that the church is supposed to be like a light on the hill, a lampstand that illuminates the darkness and brings the light. So the church, especially, is supposed to be the spiritual light of the world, showing Jesus to the world. And that’s going to become more and more clear, especially if you watch some other videos that I’ll recommend that help you understand the letters to the seven churches.

Okay, so we’re going to go to our next section, our next slide, and so this is still Journey into Trust. You’re turning into Trust Day by Day. But this part we’re going to look at verses 13-20, understanding the stunning vision of Jesus. Okay, so let’s move forward.

All right, so here’s the passage, and I say above it that this vision of Jesus will surprise you, and it is meant to surprise you. It is meant to be very stunning and shocking and memorable, something that we do not take lightly as a whole. And then we’ll see how each piece of the vision helps us know Jesus.

So here’s Revelation 1:13-16: And in the middle of the lampstands I saw one like a son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet and girded across his chest with a golden sash like a girdle. His head and his hair were white like wool, like snow, and his eyes were like a flame of fire. His feet were like burnished bronze or brass when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters. In his right hand he held up seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in its strength.

Okay, if we try to picture it, or if you ever look this up online and try to look up art that attempts to depict this vision, it’s pretty scary. The art is pretty scary. You know, like flaming eyes, and bright face, and big sword out of the mouth, and yeah, it’s not easy to understand that art. It’s just scary. It’s like, how is this Jesus?

I want to help explain why that is and then how we can really truly understand what Jesus is wanting to show us.

So, Dr. Leland Ryken has written a book, How to Read the Bible as Literature and Get More Out of It. It’s a great book. I really recommend it. On page 73, he says that when studying visionary literature, we need to make the distinction between symbolic and pictorial effects. “He goes on to say that visionary literature is heavily symbolic but rarely pictorial.” Many of the scenes in Revelation, like this one, become grotesque the moment we visualize them as pictures. This passage is one of those places where art and trying to picture each detail will definitely throw you off target. That was my addition, that last little part. So, let’s get into looking at it symbolically and understanding what’s going on.

Okay, so verse 13, when it says that Jesus is wearing a long robe reaching to his feet with a golden girdle or sash around his chest, what is that supposed to convey? All right, what could that symbolize or mean?

Okay, it’s interesting. I find it interesting that the color of the robe isn’t mentioned, and it isn’t even called a priestly robe. It’s just called a long robe reaching to his feet. I think I’ve always just imagined it as like bright white, and the pictures that you would see if you do want to try to look at the art online shows it as like, you know, that he’s in this bright white robe, and maybe it is, but it doesn’t say the color of the robe, which is interesting.

Most commentators believe that this long robe conveyed that Jesus is the high priest in the midst of his church, and that his robe and sash convey royalty. The golden sash girding Jesus around his chest adds to the symbolism of his authority. Together, they convey his glory and beauty, and that he is deserving of honor, as well as they talk about his wisdom and his love. So, he’s definitely to be worshiped. The love part is because this sash is not tied around his waist like a lot of robes would have been. It’s around his, his chest, and it’s this golden girdle, and they say it’s, you know, over his heart, and that implies love and love for his church.

So, let’s go to the next one. The next part of this vision is that his head and his hair were white like white wool, like snow, and his eyes were like a flame of fire. Okay, let's dig into that. Why would Jesus be like all white-haired, maybe white-bearded, just looking like a really old man? Why would that happen? This is Jesus in his glorified state, in a way, but this is symbolic. It's trying to tell us something, so it gets kind of weird if you try to picture it. But if we go back to Daniel, chapter 7, verses 9–10, and 13–14, we'll see that he had a very, very similar, almost identical, vision of the Ancient of Days—God Almighty, God the Father—as described there. It says, "I kept looking until thrones were set up, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His vesture was white like snow, and the hair of his head was like pure, pure wool. The throne, his throne, was ablaze with flames; its wheels were burning with a burning fire. A river of fire was before him, and myriads upon myriads were standing before him. The court sat, and the books were opened. And behold, with the clouds of heaven, one like the Son of Man was coming. He came up to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion, glory, and a kingdom, that the peoples, nations, and men of every language might serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which will not pass away, and his kingdom is one which will not be destroyed."

So we see here that this vision of the Ancient of Days, who has the white snowy hair, is the Father, because the one like the Son of Man, Jesus, is presented to him. So we see two members of the Trinity in this passage in Daniel.

Okay, so why would Jesus reveal himself looking just like the vision of his Father, the Ancient of Days? Why? What is the meaning of it? If we look at Hebrews 1:1–3, it helps us understand. It says, "God, after he had spoken long ago to the fathers and the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he made the world. And he is the radiance—he being the Son—is the radiance of his God, the Father’s glory, and the exact representation of his nature, and upholds all things by the word of his power. When he had made purifications of sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high."

So this passage is telling us that although God spoke in so many ways in the past, in these last days he's spoken through his Son. He sent his Son, and his Son came in the flesh, and he is the exact representation of the Father. He represents God's character and nature. He is the Son of God; he is a member of the Trinity, and he is God. But in this passage in Revelation, it's really clear that Jesus is wanting everyone to know that he and the Ancient of Days are one, that his Father and him are one. And that when you look at Jesus, he is worthy of our worship and of our just total, just being sold out to him. He is the Lord God.

That passage helps us understand it. Also, remember that God is giving this vision to John. God is revealing the vision of his fully glorified, resurrected Son, Jesus Christ—the one who was dead, but behold, is alive forevermore. Jesus having his head and hair white like wool, like snow, shows that he and his Father are due all respect. He is all-wise, all-knowing, just like the Father, and he is the one who has been there from everlasting to everlasting.

So there are a couple of scriptures that help us understand that. “Before the mountains were born, or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.” God is an everlasting God, and Jesus, as the member of the Trinity, has always been forever in the past and will always be forever in the future.

Then in Psalm 103:17, it says, "But from everlasting to everlasting, the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness is with their children’s children."

So Jesus came to show us that love, and he showed us how much he loved us by going all the way to the cross to bear our sins for us. So the white hair, the white like snow, that whole imagery is to be an allusion that just seals us to know that Jesus and the Father are one, and Jesus is the exact representation of the Father. He’s all-wise, all-knowing, Ancient of Days, and we are to worship him and live for him.

Okay, now the next part: What about the flaming fire in his eyes? Right, this is one of the parts that I really didn’t like when I used to read this. I really didn’t like it at all. But when I learned to see the vision as presenting super important characteristics of Jesus that would help me get to know him, then all of a sudden, it changed the way I saw this whole thing. We are to humble ourselves before him and really cherish how he’s shown himself to us.

Most commentators agree that Jesus’s eyes, being like flames of fire, depict his omniscience and how his vision penetrates through all facades, all the deception, all that is in everybody’s life. He sees everything. Nothing is hidden from his view. Each heart is seen by him exactly and truly as it is. We know God sees us, but Jesus is making it really clear: He sees everything. And when we get into, later on, if you’ll watch some videos about the letters to the churches, you’ll understand that this seeing everything isn’t just that he sees everything bad, like, you know, we have to be afraid. He actually is so comforting in those letters. He sees how they are standing firm. He sees how hard it is. He sees what they’re going through, but he also sees where they’re compromising, and where they need to change, and how they need to return to him. It’s the full thing that he sees; just like he does in our lives. He loves us so much. He treasures us, but he also loves us so much that he’s not going to just ignore or tolerate sin being in our life. He is going to work in us and speak to us, and let us understand, through the word of God, convict us of our sin. He’s going to use his Holy Spirit, and maybe he’ll use songs, or he’ll use somebody in your life to help you see that, wow, something you’re doing is not really pleasing to God, not really walking in his ways, so that we can amend our ways through faith and through the power of the Holy Spirit, and we can become more like him.

He does that with the churches, and he’s showing us through these flaming eyes that he sees everything, and we really can’t hide anything from him. He’s dramatically telling us that. It also—this part shows us that he is a righteous judge. He will make things right. Things might not be being set right immediately, but we can trust him. Just like that passage in Daniel, that God the Father is the righteous judge, Jesus is the righteous judge, and everything will be made right in his time. Evil is going to be punished. It’s not going to be—people who live wickedly will one day face a very severe judgment if they don’t repent and receive Jesus’s forgiveness.

We are to revere Jesus and live our lives being holy as he is holy, just like 1 Peter 1:15 tells us.

Okay, let’s keep going. Revelation 1:15a says, "His feet were like burnished bronze when it has been made to glow in a furnace."

Okay, why is that significant? What does it mean? I found Pastor Dave Guzik’s commentary on this verse really helpful. He says he’s using the King James Version, so his version is going to be reading that this is brass. I couldn’t determine which it really is. King James says brass; a lot of other versions say bronze. They’re similar metals, but they are different. But they were all used in the ancient world and considered very hard metals. Pastor Guzik says that Jesus’s feet were like fine brass. Since fire is connected with judgment, these feet, like fine brass, are as if they’ve been refined in a furnace. They speak of someone who has been through fires of judgment and has come forth with a refined purity. Jesus has been through the refiner’s fire, is what he says. He also says that brass is a metal connected with judgment and sacrifice. Israel’s altar of sacrifice was made of brass. My version says bronze, so I don’t know. It must have been a kind of confusing word to translate from the Hebrew. But Exodus 27:1–6 calls it the brazen altar. Other translations might say that the altar and the other temple elements were made of bronze, but whichever it was, both metals are very, very strong and used extensively in the ancient world. Brass is also a strong metal, the strongest known in the ancient world. Therefore, the feet like brass are an emblem, it says, of his stability and permanence. Brass, being considered the most durable of all metallic substances and compounds. So we see Jesus having these feet that are like burnished bronze or burnished brass. They are glowing like they’ve been in a furnace. He’s been refined, but we have this connotation of judgment and that he has passed through the fire, and he is the one worthy to judge. So hopefully that is helpful for you.

Okay, quick recap. Just because we covered a lot. Jesus is standing in the midst of his church. He cares about his church. He’s holding the seven angels of each church in his hands—those are the stars. We’re going to get to the robe and the sash, which shout royal priesthood, who is due all our worship. Also, royalty—we get with that. He is just like the Father, the Ancient of Days, full of wisdom, from everlasting to everlasting. His eyes penetrate and see everything. He is the righteous judge of all. His feet being of burnished brass or bronze signify that he is pure and like the altar, is connected with sacrifice and judgment, especially since his feet are burnished bronze, glowing from being in the fire. So Jesus is where that sacrifice and judgment met. He paid the highest price on the cross to sacrifice himself so that the judgment we deserve would fall upon him. So he is the mercy seat, but he also then is presenting himself as the righteous judge. He is both. So we’re just in the beginning here, and this is a lot, but I hope you find it useful as we continue to dig deeper into Revelation.

We're still in verse 15, Revelation 11:15b through the beginning of 16. “His voice was like the sound of many waters. In his right hand, he held the seven stars. Out of his mouth came a sharp sword.”

So, this language is an allusion to two other places in Scripture from the Old Testament. First, it's found in Psalm 93:3-5, where it says, "The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their pounding waves, more than the sounds of many waters, than the mighty breakers of the sea. The Lord on high is mighty. Your testimonies are fully confirmed. Holiness befits your house, O Lord, forevermore."

So, Jesus is majestic and all-powerful. His voice drowns out all other sounds. He is mightier than the mightiest crashing waves. He is so powerful. And then Ezekiel 43 gives us another little understanding of this. This is another allusion, another place that this verse alludes to. So, the other place is Ezekiel 43, where God is telling Ezekiel to preach to the people and to lead them in repentance. It is an interesting passage because it also makes reference to God's feet, just like this passage in Revelation 1 does that we just talked about. It seems to have a close tie to Jesus's letter to the church of Thyatira in Revelation 2:8-29.

So, Ezekiel 34:1-3 says, "Then he led me to the gate, the gate facing toward the east, and behold, the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the way of the east, and his voice was like the sound of many waters." There it is. "And the earth shone with his glory, and it was like the appearance of the vision which I saw, like the vision which I saw when he came to destroy the city, and the visions were like the vision which I saw by the river Chebar." I'm going to probably destroy that. Sorry.  and I fell on my face.

So, when Ezekiel saw this vision of God and he saw and heard this rushing water, his voice was like many waters. He just... he fell on his face. And John, we will see,  does the same thing when he gets this glimpse, this eye full of Jesus. He also falls on his face.  so there we go. So, Jesus's voice is,  connected right to the voice of God. We get that. It's this powerful, just overpowering voice.

Now for the last three characteristics.  His right hand holds the seven stars. Scripture tells us very clearly in verse 20 that those seven stars are actually the angels of each of those seven churches, and the seven golden lampstands are those seven churches. So, this is another way that we know we're not just making it up, that this is symbolic language throughout the passage itself. Jesus talks about the mystery. He talks about how one thing represents another. So, he's making it clear that this is not just a straightforward picture that you could just sketch out, and now this visual is going to help you. Each part of the vision has an important meaning, and that's why we're going through this.

Alright, verse 16b.  and out of his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword. Okay, this is another part where pictorially this would not work. This is not attractive or comforting to see Jesus with an enormous sword coming out of his mouth, and yet, it is, when you look at it symbolically, it is super comforting.  Hebrews 4:12 and Ephesians 6:17 make it clear what this sword coming out from Jesus's mouth would mean.

 “For the word of God is living and active and sharper than a two-edged sword, and piercing, able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” That's the Hebrews verse. And then, "And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." So, when this is saying that the sword of the Spirit is coming out of Jesus's mouth, it's really saying, that the sharp, living, active word of God is coming out of his mouth, and his voice is like many waters. Just listen and take it in because his word is so powerful. It will cut deep into our lives. It will divide between bone and marrow. It divides every thought and intention of the heart. It is so important to be in God's word, and here we see that the word of God is so important to Jesus. He's speaking the word of God.

Okay, this is the last piece of Jesus's symbolic, stunning revelation of himself, and it is extremely reminiscent of how Matthew describes Jesus when he's transfigured. So, this last part is, "And his face was like the sun shining in its strength." When Jesus was transfigured, he went up on a mountain with his closest disciples, and he was changed in an instant.  He also spoke with, Elijah and Moses on the mountain, and, it was an incredible time.

And the way that Matthew describes it is, "And he, Jesus, was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as light."

So, this vision that we're seeing in Revelation is reminding us of Jesus's transfigured self; his heavenly, powerful self, and that, he is totally worthy of worship. We are to be in awe—complete awe—of him.  Sometimes we get a little too familiar.  Maybe sometimes we get a lot too familiar.  It's great that we have a close, personal relationship with Jesus. It is incredible that he allows us to do that and to have that relationship with the Father through him. But if we become too comfortable, we forget his majesty, and I think this vision is really meant to remind us of his majesty.

In the middle of the lampstand, I saw one like the Son of Man, clothed in a robe reaching and girded. So, we're just going to run through what these an overview one more time to get the complete picture.

Okay, so with his special robe, Jesus is showing himself to be both the high priest and the King of kings. He deserves all honor. Yet, that golden, pure sash is around his chest, around his heart, and shows his love.

With his head and his hair being white like snow or wool, Jesus is showing that he, too, is the Ancient of Days. He is from everlasting to everlasting. That with His fiery eyes show us that he sees all. Together, we know that he is all-wise and,  the righteous judge.

The burnished bronze feet take us straight to the temple, the altar. We know that Jesus is the place where sacrifice and judgment meet. He has been refined by fire, and, as his letter to Thyatira in the next chapter makes clear, he weighs the deeds of the church and the compromises, and he calls his church to repentance.

He says in Revelation 2, "I am he who searches the minds and the hearts, and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds."

To finish the wrap-up, Jesus's voice is like that of many waters. It is rushing and overpowering. He is full of majesty. Majesty is worthy of our full attention.

He is holding the seven angels of the seven churches in his right hand. He holds all power. He is in total control. Each church has a guardian angel, and Jesus is in the midst of his church, seeing all, knowing all, and we are called to be holy as he is holy.

Out of his mouth is this word of God, the two-edged sword. As we see in Revelation 2 and 3, he is a surgeon who uses his word to convict, to purify, to make his church whole. It's so important.

His face is like the sun shining in its strength. Jesus shows himself in his fully transfigured glory.  There is no denying who is worthy of our worship. He is all in all. It's all Jesus. He deserves everything.

I want to end by letting you know that Revelation 1-4, made it clear that this revelation, this vision of Jesus, was for the seven churches, but also for us.

We've looked at how scriptures in Daniel, Ezekiel, Psalms, and there are a lot of others as you get into Revelation—Isaiah, Zechariah, and many of those minor prophets—who were given visions of the future, and especially of the apocalyptic time. Knowing this and looking back at those other books of the Bible will help you understand the book of Revelation if you choose to keep diving in and desire to understand it.

The other thing is that chapters two and three of Revelation are kind of a unit with chapter 1, and looking at each of those letters to the churches, you will see that Jesus introduces each of the letters with a specific part of the vision of himself.  So, it's very interesting  to see how parts of the grand vision of Jesus relates to what he's going to tell that particular church.

 I thought about making those videos, but really, I got so much out of a sermon series that a pastor that I was sitting under for a while did, that I felt it best to point you to those sermons. His name is Pastor Dan Sergeant, and he did a series on the letters to the seven churches in Revelation, and it's phenomenal. I will give you links to click for each of those videos in my description, and I hope you'll watch them. I'm going to re-watch them because it was years ago, and they still stick with me.  I was touched by how tender Jesus was to understand exactly what was going on in each church, but also how firm he was to make sure that each church understood what they needed to do; how they needed to change or repent.

There's only one church, I think it's Smyrna, who was the truly persecuted church that he doesn't have any correction for. He just encourages them and strengthens them and helps them to hold on.

What I want to leave as the foundational principle to build your life upon, of course, is that the real Jesus will surprise you, as we've seen. So, get to know him.  But when John saw this vision, it says, "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.'"

So, Jesus understands our frailty.  He understood John's. Jesus reminds John and us in this verse that, because of what he has done on that cross and through his resurrection, that those who are His will be in awe of Him, but we don't need to fear the glorious revelation He's given.

As he did for John, he will do for us. He is in our, in the midst of the church. He lays his hand upon us. He assures us to fear not because of who He is and who we are to Him. We do not need to fear.  We need to revere Him. Yes, absolutely.  But not be so frightened that we just collapse as dead.

Jesus lifted John up and had more to show John, and, Revelation is quite the book!  But it helps us know that judgment will come and that the things that are going on upon the earth-- the ways that people are just ignoring God, doing the opposite that God wants,  twisting God's word, all those things, there will be judgment one day.

There needs to be a true repentance, a true return to God through Jesus and a return to His word to let His word shape our lives, shape our communities, shape our nations.

I want to just thank you so much for spending time with me on Journey into Trust Day by Day.  Please look for the description and the links to Pastor Sergeant's messages. I'll have them in my description, and for more about me or to find the transcript of this video or the whole slideshow in a larger form, I'll have that on my website, thehopefulbuttercup.com, and it will be on my Day by Day blog, so you can click on that and see everything you need to.

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