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Christ walked in the power of God, but it too was hidden under the appearance of
earthly flesh, waiting to break out to the astonishment of those around.

Luke 7:12-16
Now as He approached the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried
out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a sizeable crowd from the
city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her, and said
to her, "Do not weep." And He came up and touched the coffin; and the bearers came
to a halt. And He said, "Young man, I say to you, arise!" And the dead man sat up,
and began to speak. And Yahshua gave him back to his mother. And fear gripped
them all, and they began glorifying God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among
us!" and, "God has visited His people!"

What astonishment must have gripped this people. The Scriptures describe their
reaction as fear. How could such a thing be comprehended? One who appears as an
ordinary, impotent man, suddenly manifests the power of resurrection life. How can a man
speak a word and the dead be raised? The people said truly, “God has visited His people.”
Even though the power Christ manifested caused great fear among the people, it was
merely a token of the power at His command. There was a far greater glory and power that
belonged to Him. For a season He laid it aside, but when He departed this world at His
ascension to the heavens He took it up again.

Philippians 2:5-11
Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Yahshua, who, although He
existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be
grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and
being made in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man,
He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a
cross. Therefore also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the
name which is above every name, that at the name of Yahshua every
knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and on earth, and under
the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Yahshua Christ is
Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

The apostle John walked with the Son of God when Yahshua bore the image of man.
John loved Christ, being the most intimate with him, yet He never imagined the greatness
of the glory that once belonged to his beloved Master, and which would be His again.
While exiled on the isle of Patmos John had a revelation of the resurrected Christ. He
describes Him as follows:

Revelation 1:12-17
And 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 one like a son of man,
clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and girded across His breast with a golden
girdle. And His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes
were like a flame of fire; and His feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been