FROM REVELATION TO REPRESENTATION Living the Revealed Christ
Chapter 36: From Revelation to Representation — Concludes the journey by showing that the ultimate purpose of seeing Christ in Scripture is for Christ to be formed and visibly represented through mature sons.
FROM REVELATION TO REPRESENTATION Living the Revealed Christ
Key Scriptures: Romans 8:29; 2 Corinthians 3:18
The journey that began on the road to Emmaus ends with a responsibility. Christ has been revealed. The Scriptures have been opened. The pattern has become visible. Now revelation must become representation. This is the final movement of Christ in All The Scriptures. God does not reveal His Son merely so that we can become better Bible students. He reveals His Son so that we may be transformed into His image. Paul describes believers being changed “from glory to glory.” The Father is forming a people who increasingly look like the Son. Genesis begins with humanity created in image and likeness. The fall damages that representation. The biblical story then unfolds God's redemptive work. Christ arrives as the perfect image. Through His death and resurrection, redemption is accomplished. Through the Spirit, Christ is formed within His people. Through maturity, sons increasingly represent the Father. And through the corporate house, God's presence becomes visible in the earth. The Emmaus revelation therefore becomes an Emmaus commission. What caused our hearts to burn must eventually shape our lives. What we have seen in Scripture must become visible through us. Christ revealed must become Christ represented.
Sonship Application: The goal of revelation is mature representation. Sons are called to make visible the nature of the Father revealed perfectly in Christ.
Closing Reflection: If Christ is the message of all Scripture, what would it look like for Christ to become the message communicated through your life?
SERIES CONCLUSION: Christ in All The Scriptures
From Genesis to Revelation, Scripture presents one unfolding redemptive purpose centered in Jesus Christ. The Seed becomes the Son. The Lamb becomes the King. The Priest becomes the Offering. The rejected One becomes the exalted One. The hidden Christ becomes the revealed Christ. And the revealed Christ becomes the pattern for a family of mature sons. The journey of Scripture is therefore also the journey of formation. Revelation → Recognition → Formation → Maturity → Representation. The Emmaus disciples began unable to recognize the Christ walking beside them. They ended with burning hearts, opened eyes, renewed understanding, and changed direction. That remains the invitation before every reader. May the Scriptures open. May our eyes open. May our hearts burn. May Christ be formed within us. And may the Father receive a mature family capable of representing His Son throughout the earth.
Christ in All The Scriptures — The Emmaus Revelation Teaching Series
By Julius Hummons | Beyond The Veil Teaching Series | jhummons.org