The Supernatural Man – Part v – The Invisible Christ – Part 1

The Supernatural Man – Part v

The Invisible Christ – Part 1

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: (Colossians 1:13)

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: (Colossians 1:14)

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:(Colossians 1:15)

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: (Colossians 1:16)

Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. (Romans 1:19)

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: (Romans 1:20)

Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. (Hebrews 11:26)

By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. (Hebrews 11:27)

Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. (1 Timothy 1:16)

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. (1 Timothy 1:17)

That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: (1 Peter 1:7)

Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: (1 Peter 1:8)

But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. (1 Peter 3:4)

Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. (1 Peter 1:11)

The Supernatural Man: God Reveals Himself

Since the apostle John on Patmos there have been no revealing of the bodily form of Jesus Christ; He has not manifested Himself and walked amongst men since Patmos. The invisible Christ, however, makes His presence known in many ways, and it is only through the eyes of His Spirit that we, as children of God, can behold His presence. Even though the invisible Christ works in the unseen, even among dominions and powers, His predominant way of revealing Himself is in those who He has bought with His precious blood. He is the invisible God.

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.(Romans 8:9)

Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.(1Peter 1:11)

When I say that you can feel His presence, I am speaking specifically to the redeemed, those who have been bought with the precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. We feel His presence without seeing His image. This is not a foreign thought to the true child of God, for most of God’s dealings with Adam’s race has been by God’s Spirit, and not by His revealed image. The Lord Jesus revealed in Chapter 4 of the Gospel of John that the true worshipers of God would worship the Father in Spirit and in truth.

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. (John 4:23)

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.　(John 4:24)

The Supernatural Man: God Reveals Himself in Jesus Christ

This statement by God the Holy Spirit recorded in John’s gospel, Chapter 4, verse 24 qualified who worshiped, and defined true worship: worship can only occur in spirit and truth; therefore, each individual Christian must have the invisible Spirit of Christ within, and he must worship in the very truth of God. It is the invisible God who revealed Himself as Jesus Christ, the fullness of the Godhead bodily. And now, in heaven and on earth, the invisible dwells within all true believers, as in His prophets in the Old Testament. It was because of the indwelling of the Spirit of Christ that they proclaimed the word of God. In the New Testament, this would include Paul and the other apostles, for all the writings of both Old and New are sealed, and verified by the Spirit of Christ.

Side Note: In 2 Peter 3:15 and 16 the apostle Peter equated the writings of Paul with other scriptures. Do you see the value that the apostles placed on the writings of Paul? The writings of Paul were esteemed as equal to the writings of the Old Testament.

And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; (2 Peter 3:15) As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. (2 Peter 3:16)

The Supernatural Man: His Authority Over All Scripture

When Paul described the Lord Jesus as being the fullness of the Godhead bodily, he could have left off the word ‘bodily,’ but the Spirit of God would not let him detract from the Person of Christ. For Christ is the fullness of the Godhead bodily, He is the revealed image of the complete Godhead manifested to man in a bodily image. This is why man can not interfere with the divine writings of God. The supernatural Man through the supernatural Spirit has given the seal of His authority over the word of God. This He did when relating the Scriptures to those on the Emmaus road, for He verified the writings of Moses, and the prophets, and the Psalms.

The Supernatural Man: The Spirit of Christ

When reading, and praying over the word of God we understand that only through the Spirit of God can we see and be directed in the divine things of Christ in His word. For it is the invisible Christ who guides us, and reveals Himself in the very word of God. It is the Spirit of Christ who is the spirit of prophecy. It is the Spirit of Christ who gives the true understanding of His own divine writing. There is only one interpretation of Scripture that is approved by the divine Spirit of Jesus Christ, and that is His own interpretation that He gives to those who possess His Spirit within them. It is the Spirit of Christ who gives the specific combination of words, the phrase ‘Spirit of Christ’ is revealed only twice in written form in all of Scripture; in Romans 8:9, and in1 Peter 1:11. In both of these Scriptures we have the Spirit of Christ, the invisible Christ working in His servants to perform His will on earth. Once in the Old Testament in 1 Peter 1:11, and once in the New Testament in Romans 8:9: I clarify Peter for he was speaking of the Old Testament prophets.

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. (2 Peter 1:4)

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; (2 Peter 1:5)

And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;(2 Peter 1:6)

And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.(2 Peter 1:7)

For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.(2 Peter 1:8)

But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.(2 Peter 1:9)

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:(2 Peter 1:10)

For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.(2 Peter 1:11)

We, as the children of God, are partakes of the divine nature. We have a presence of the Spirit of Christ within us. We cannot remove His presence, nor can the world. It is the Spirit of Christ in Romans 8:9 who qualifies the children of God as those who walk after the Spirit of Christ, and not after the flesh. In the presence of Christ in the believer, the believer has become part of the body of Christ. The invisible now possesses the visible in the believer, and the believer is the recipient of the divine nature which God will never remove from the one who He has purchased with His very own blood. The residence of the Spirit of Christ within the believer is the confirmation of the divine nature, and the inheritance that we have in Jesus Christ. We are partakers of the divine nature, we can boldly say to the present evil world, Christ liveth in me.

The Supernatural Man: Many Names and Many Titles

In relationship to the complete Godhead, we have the Spirit of Christ. So in the category, or names of God the Spirit, we have the Spirit of Christ, the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Ghost. All these are titles of the One invisible God, as He reveals Himself to man. One should not be overcome with so many names of both the revealed and the invisible One God because this is one of the many methods that God employs in His Bible to broaden our horizon of His majesty and glory. He uses a multitude of names as a paint brush to fill in the description of the one true God of heaven and earth. It is God’s portrait that is fulfilled in the face of Jesus Christ.

In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.(2 Corinthians 4:4)

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2 Corinthians 4:6)

The Supernatural Man: Invisible and Visible in the Old Testament

Both the invisible and the visible supernatural Man revealed Himself to the Old Testament prophets and to us through His expressed image and the fullness of God. When the Spirit of God spoke in the Old Testament, although He was not seen, the Spirit of Christ spoke audibly at the burning bush. He also revealed Himself to the prophets in dreams, and revealed Himself to the hardened potentates of the world as in Nebuchadnezzar’s dreams given by the Spirit of Christ. We have the invisible supernatural Man working and ministering throughout the Scriptures through the history of man. We also should consider the divine judgment that came upon both man and this world. They were judgments from the invisible supernatural Man by His Spirit, that is the Spirit of Christ. Although judgment was upon them, they did not behold, nor see His image.

The Supernatural Man: From the Invisible Realm to the Visible Realm

In Christ’s incarnation, Christ became the visible image of God upon this earth. This was to fulfill the fullness of time, and to complete the determinate counsels of God in respect to His death upon the cross of Calvary. His incarnation from the invisible to the visible would leave man with no excuse. In the span of Christ’s physical manifestation, man would display all his enmity against a holy and righteous God. We have in the incarnation of Christ the final trial of man in Adam. For in the crucifixion of God’s dear Son, man (unknowingly) condemned himself to a greater condemnation; for collectively, as the representatives of all mankind, killed the Prince of life. Adam was completely taken out of the way on the cross. We understand so little of the work of Christ on the cross because our eyes have been dimmed by the world, and the religious establishment, and most of all by our own sin. We hinder the Spirit’s voice, the Spirit of Christ within us, for He finds a battle between His Spirit and our flesh. In the invisible conflict at the cross of Christ, Adam in the flesh had to die in such a way that this would be the death of all mankind at the cross. It was the end of all flesh, God would no longer judge man based on his sin for sin was judged at the cross, and sin and judgment was placed on the Sin Bearer. God would now judge man based on belief in the Sin Bearer, and the only condition that man would face would be faith in and by God’s dear Son, Jesus Christ: who is the visible and invisible image of God as the supernatural Man. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. (John 3:36) In removing the sin of the world, He also removed the penalty of sin which is death. This was the sentence of God against Adam, and all His descendants. It was Christ’s finished work and the conclusion of that work that would give life to those who believe on Him. To those who refuse the Son of God, and trample under foot the blood of Christ, they have a greater condemnation, and greater judgment in the penalty against man in the second death. The Lord Jesus revealed Himself in Revelation, Chapter 1, verse 18, for He has the keys of hell, and of death. These keys are in His hand, He is the one who will judge the quick and the dead. This is the One who went into death, and behold, He is alive for evermore. I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. (Revelation 1:18)

The invisible God became the visible, then when His work was done upon the cross of Calvary, He returned to the realm of the invisible God. In Christ’s death upon the cross, there is detail upon detail with God’s transaction with man, and man’s transaction with God, and God’s transaction with Himself. There is no time here to go into the details, you need to go before the cross, take some time, and with the Spirit of Christ stand at the cross and muse on all that was accomplished in the final hours of man. I prayerfully plan to write an article on the fullness of the judgment, the victory, and life at the cross, pray that the Spirit of Christ gives the words to fill our hearts with His undying love for us. The man Christ Jesus laid down His life, God’s Christ died the death of man, however, He never laid down His love, His love did not die, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. Back to the invisible Christ.

The Supernatural Man: The Tangible Entwined with the Intangible

In Christ’s invisible realm, we have His faith in every believer, yes, faith belongs to the Lord Himself, and as grace is the gift of God, so faith is given by God the Son, (Hebrews 11:1) Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 is the divine interpretation of faith: it is both the tangible, and the invisible. It is the Spirit of Christ revealing Himself in the invisible to the children of God. It is the faith in the invisible Christ who maintains them, and guides them each and every hour of their sojourn here on earth. The object of faith is the invisible Man, the glory of faith is His finished work, the majesty of this faith is that each and every child of God is seated in the heavenlies with Jesus Christ. The divine instructor enlightens us on this wonderful definition of faith, and continues the definition in verse 6. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. (Hebrews 11:6) In verse 6, we have the invisible God, and if we believe, we must believe in this invisible God who manifested Himself as the Son of God in the fullness of time. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, faith brings the manifestation of Jesus Christ into the hearts of every believer. The invisible becomes visible in the display of His Spirit through His body which is the Church, the true Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. Faith takes the invisible Spirit of Christ and executes a tangible presence of Christ within all of God’s children. Abraham’s faith was counted unto him for righteousness, this is the same righteousness that comes to all the children of God because of the answer and dominion of faith in Jesus Christ. The answer is the witness of the Spirit of Christ within, the dominion is the work of the Spirit of Christ that we should walk after the Spirit and not after the flesh. In the world today the invisible becomes the visible in every believer. Tangible faith is seen by an unbelieving world, this condemns them, for the evidence of the unseen is made a reality by the manifestation of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ; for it is the manifestation of the body of Christ. Through the supernatural process of a supernatural birth the invisible body of Christ (also known as the Church) grows. Christians begin their journey to an invisible realm through the transition of being added to an invisible body through the faith of an invisible Christ. To the body: we are life unto life; to the world around us: we are death unto death, and who is sufficient for these things? The invisible Christ continues to manifest Himself, His Spirit is not bound by man, or the devil. If we believe that He works behind the scenes in Old Testament in dominion and powers, we must also believe that in our day, and at this hour, the invisible Christ is working amongst men to bring about His will over all mankind.

In relationship to the Church, He is our Liberator, He has liberated us from sin, death, and hell. He frees us from ourselves, so that we might take on His nature and respond to the prodding of His Spirit. On the cross His work was both visible and invisible. We have the darkness around the cross in the death of Christ. In the death of Christ we have the dawn of a new day, for He brought both light and life. This became the remedy for sin and death, for of twain, He made one new man, therefore, making peace, thus, through the peace of God the Spirit of the invisible man dwells in every believer. We see such a connection of this with Stephen in Acts, Chapter 7. Stephen was displaying the Spirit of Christ within him to the unbelieving Jews. He would lay bare all the contradictions of their own hearts in the history of the Jews from the calling of Abraham to the very hour and day they crucified the Prince of life. In Chapter 6, we have Stephen’s qualifications. He was qualified by the Qualifier, the Person of Jesus Christ, for within him was the Spirit of Christ.

And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch: (Acts 6:5)

Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.(Acts 6:6)

And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.(Acts 6:7)

And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. (Acts 6:8)

The Visible Realm Looks Into the Invisible Realm

In Chapter 6, we have the qualifications of Stephen, a man filled with the invisible Spirit of Christ. We also have a revealing of those in opposition to the Spirit of Christ: from the synagogue, the seed of Abraham, Jews, and the heart of man who crucified the Lord’s Christ. Chapter 7 begins with the invisible Christ working through His servant, Stephen. He displays the inward Christ, and because of his inward faith that he possessed in God, he acted with the divine nature that was within him. The Lord Jesus had stated to His disciples that when and if they were brought before a magistrate, or before those who opposed Him, that He would give them the very words to speak. We see this in the divine revelation of God’s message to the Jews through His servant, Stephen, when they heard a divine history lesson, in both the actions of the visible and the invisible God. God drew back the curtain of heaven and opened it so that Stephen could see the glory of God in the Person of Jesus Christ. We have a man on earth looking at the visible image of the invisible Man in heaven. God stood before him in heaven, Stephen’s eyes had been opened and he was allowed to see into the realm of the invisible. The Spirit of God had opened the eyes of His servant to the reality of the hope within Stephen with this vision into heaven. Stephen saw the unseen of faith in a tangible Christ. This would be the first written record in the New Testament of the Man in heaven receiving a man from the earth, For He giveth His beloved sleep. For Stephen fell asleep in Jesus. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. (Acts 7:60) We see this epic in the 7^th Chapter in the Book of Acts as a reflection of the invisible supernatural Man working in a supernatural way through His servant, Stephen, who became a reflection of His Master and God in heaven. For it was the invisible who opened the glories of heaven to display the visible in Stephen’s faith. Also, if you can bear with me, the Spirit of Christ that was in the Old Testament saints (1 Peter 1:11) was the same Spirit that was in Stephen. It was the same Spirit that opened heaven for His servant to see the tangible image of Christ standing at the right hand of God to receive His kneeling servant. Christ made the path way clear on the cross for man to enter into heaven, we see the evidence of the pathway being cleared for Stephen; for Christ had opened the pathway from heaven to earth. Upon Stephen’s death the path was cleared from earth to heaven. We have the omnipresence of the Spirit of Christ revealed in the actions of Christ from heaven to earth. Christ had the power over death in His servant Stephen, for as the Jews stoned God’s servant there was nothing blocking Christ’s view of His servant. In the power of the invisible Christ, Christ bypassed death for His servant Stephen, and Stephen simply looked into heaven and fell asleep in Jesus.

The Supernatural Man is Omnipresent

In this wonderful revelation in Acts, Chapter 7, we have both the power of the invisible and visible Christ. This power is displayed in two different locations simultaneously, as He revealed Himself out of heaven, it is the visible Christ who opened the curtains of heaven for His servant Stephen. At the same time on earth, it is the invisible Christ who works through His servant, the man Stephen. Two different locations relates to us the omnipresence of Jesus Christ. We can compare this with John 3:13, And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. In this verse we have the opposite of Acts, Chapter 7. Christ is still omnipresent, however, the visible Christ is on earth telling Nicodemus of His invisible image in heaven. We should remember that in John, Chapter 3, the heavens were not opened to man. The Son of God was proclaiming His omnipresence to man. Nicodemus could not look into heaven and see the son of man for the work of the cross was not yet accomplished. Christ had not yet ascended to glory, and placed His blood on the mercy seat in heaven. When His finished work was completed He became visible as the resurrected glorified man; placing His blood on the mercy seat in heaven would clear both heaven and earth in the realm of the visible on earth.

The Supernatural Man: Sanctifies Heaven, the Invisible Realm

On earth He died for the sin of the world, but heaven itself has also had to be reconciled to the earth. There was also the matter of Lucifer and his rebellion against God, and rebellion is sin. Not only did Lucifer sin, but the angels (who followed him in his rebellions against God and who are now bound in chains) also sinned. For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;.(2 Peter 2:4) In Christ’s work upon the cross He became the great Sanctifier, as He sanctified the things on earth, He would have to sanctify the things in heaven as well.

It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.(Hebrews 9:23)

For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:(Hebrews 9:24)

Christ had to enter into heaven itself, not only for man, but for heaven as well. He had to enter into the Holy of Holies above. The Holy of Holies on earth was the visible symbol of the unseen in heaven. The Holy of Holies in heaven was the true place of the true mercy seat. The mercy seat on earth was only a reflection of the things in heaven; therefore, Christ had to apply His redemptive blood to the mercy seat in heaven to reconcile both heaven and earth. For Christ was the Reconciler and Sanctifier of both earth and heaven.

We see the reflection and the Spirit of our Redeemer in the face of Stephen. We see within Stephen, as the man on earth, the invisible Spirit of Christ. And as that man would possessed the Spirit of Christ Stephen acted in the same manner as his Savior by saying, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. This was a man on earth filled with the invisible Spirit of Christ reflecting the love of His Savior while on the cross. Stephen saw heaven opened by the indwelling of the invisible Spirit of Christ and by both heaven and earth, the Spirit of Christ was omnipresent to present to Stephen the visible man in heaven, Jesus Christ. And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. (Colossians 1:20) When Christ reconciled the things of the earth, He also reconciled the things of heaven. Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. (John 20:17) Mary beheld the new man, the glorified man, for of twain He made one new man. This is why she did not recognize Him for this was the glorified Christ; this was the resurrected Christ, and all things had become new. He was on earth, but had one more objective that He had to accomplish. He had to ascend into heaven, He had to sanctify the things above with His blood. He had to pass into the heavens and place His blood on the eternal mercy seat, as Melchisedec, to reconcile earth with heaven, and heaven with earth.

Once again, we go back to Stephen, Christ had opened the path from earth to heaven, and heaven to the earth. Jacob’s ladder was complete, and the man on earth saw the Lord in heaven. As Stephen saw the Lord in heaven it was through His Spirit that Christ received His servant.

In John 20:17, the Lord Jesus could not be touched, for as the glorified Man He had not yet ascended into heaven with His blood to sanctify the things in heaven. This was His first ascension before He met with His disciples. The mere fact that Mary did not recognize Him shows us the new Man fit for heaven. He is the glorified Man, the Man of resurrection; He is the Man with the endless life, so that those who follow Him will enter into that life. When He returned from heaven it was then that He revealed Himself to His brethren, for all things now have been accomplished both in the visible realm and the invisible realm.

The Supernatural Man: The Undefiled Sacrifice and The Undefiled Priest

And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. (Luke 24:36)

But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. (Luke 24:37)

And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? (Luke 24:38)

Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. (Luke 24:39)

And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet. (Luke 24:40)

When He met with His brethren, He passed through the walls as a Spirit, (Luke 24: 36-40) once inside the walls, He was the tangible or visible Christ, and allowed them to touch Him; for He had become their Sanctifier both on earth and in heaven. When He told Mary, Touch me not, before His ascension it was to sanctify the things in heaven. We see Him as the undefiled high Priest approaching the open veil of heaven to sanctify the things of heaven with His own sacrifice to God. In this state Mary could not touch Him for man would have defiled the sacrifice. He must remain undefiled to enter into heaven, not only as the undefiled Sacrifice, but also as the undefiled Sacrificer, the great high Priest after the order of Melchisedec. (Compare the high priest in the Old Testament with the fulfillment of the true high Priest in the New Testament, read all of Leviticus, Chapter 16, and note verse 30).

The Supernatural Man: The Revelation and the Revealer of the Godhead

Now, let’s look at Revelation, Chapter 4, the door in heaven is open. John went up into heaven above, he beheld the invisible as the visible God sitting on the throne of His glory. The image is the who and the how, or the visible of the invisible. God sitting on the throne of His glory, the image of the invisible God, yes, the manifestation of Jesus Christ on the throne, who is the image of the invisible God. (Colossians 1:15) The invisible God is revealed in the visible Christ. He is the son of man now glorified on His throne.

But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. (Hebrews 1:8)

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. (Hebrews 1:9)

Can the mind conceive or handle the fullness of the Godhead bodily on the throne of heaven? (Colossians 2:9) We see more in the word ‘bodily’ in this verse. For the invisible Christ is also the visible Revelation and Revealer of the Godhead bodily. It is the Man in heaven who fills the heart with His invisible presence, and by His Spirit He reveals Himself as the Christ of God in heaven. What earth saw in the perfect Man Jesus Christ, heaven sees now in the visible glorified Christ. This is what and who Stephen beheld before his transformation into heaven. Christ is now the bodily figure, the visible God that is the representative of both heaven and earth. The visible world that Stephen left behind had become invisible to him for he was now in the domain and presence of the glorified Man Jesus Christ, who is the image of the invisible God. Amen.

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